Matteo Garrone

The recorded working language is Italian. Works named in the authority record are Gomorrah, Dogman and Tale of Tales. Work by Matteo Garrone is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Award for Best Director, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter and David di Donatello for Best Director.

• Name — Matteo Garrone • Born — 15 October 1968 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Known for — Gomorrah, Tale of Tales, Dogman, Io capitano • Relatives — Adriano Rimoldi (grandfather) • Website — https: www.matteogarrone.eu/ • Education — Liceo Artistico Ripetta • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • producer

Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi. His maternal grandfather is actor Adriano Rimoldi. He is graduate of Liceo Artistico Ripetta.

In 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997. Garrone won the European Film Award for Best Director and the David di Donatello for Best Director for Gomorrah (2008). His film Reality (2012) won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. His films Tale of Tales (2015) and Dogman (2018) were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and the 2018 Cannes Film Festival respectively. The Nastro d'Argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director for Dogman. He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019). In 2019, Garrone was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2024, his film Io capitano (2023) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards, representing Italy.

• Silhouette (1996) • Terra di mezzo (1996) • Ospiti (1998) • Estate romana (2000) • Mid-August Lunch (2008)

Garrone likes to work with the same team of filmmakers, often hiring cast and crew from his previous films. Regular members of the 'team' include: • Collaborators — Terra di mezzo — Guests — Roman Summer — The Embalmer — First Love — Gomorrah — Reality — Tale of Tales — Dogman — Pinocchio — I'm capitan • Marco Onorato (Cinematographer) • Marco Spoletini (Editor) • Domenico Procacci (Producer) • Jean Labadie (Producer) • Jeremy Thomas (Producer) • Paolo Bonfini (Production designer) • Dimitri Capuani (Production designer) • Massimo Cantini Parrini (Costume designer) • Banda Osiris (Composer) • Alexandre Desplat (Composer) • Massimo Gaudioso (co-writer) • Ugo Chiti (co-writer) • Maricetta Lombardo (Sound) • Ciro Petrone (actor)

• Silhouette (1996) • Bienvenido espirito santo (1997) • Un caso di forza maggiore (1997) • Oreste Pipolo, fotografo di matrimoni (1998) • Before Design: Classic (2016) • Delightful (2017) • Entering Red (2019) • Le mythe Dior (2020) • The Tarot Deck (Le château du tarot) (2021)

• 1996 – Terra di mezzo • 1998 – Guests (Ospiti) • 2000 – Roman Summer (Estate romana) • 2002 – The Embalmer (L'imbalsamatore) • 2003 – First Love (Primo amore) • 2008 – Gomorrah (Gomorra) • 2012 – Reality • 2015 – Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) • 2018 – Dogman • 2019 – Pinocchio • 2023 – Io capitano