Matteo Garrone

Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.

Matteo Garrone
Garrone at the Berlin Film Festival 2020
Born	Rome, Italy
Occupations	Film director Producer
Known for	Gomorrah, Tale of Tales, Dogman, Io capitano

Early life

Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi.^[1]

Career

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.^[2]

Garrone won the European Film Award for Best Director and the David di Donatello for Best Director for Gomorrah (2008).^[3][4] His film Reality (2012) won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.^[5]

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.^[6][7] The Nastro d'Argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director for Dogman.^[8] He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).^[9]

In 2019, Garrone was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.^[10] 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.^[11]

Filmography

Director

Short films

• 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)

Feature films

• 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

Producer

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

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	2024	Best International Feature Film (representing Italy)	Io capitano	Nominated	[12]
BAFTA Film Awards	2009	Best Film Not in the English Language	Gomorrah	Nominated	[13]
	2019		Dogman	Nominated	[14]
British Independent Film Awards	2008	Best Foreign Independent Film	Gomorrah	Nominated	[15]
Cannes Film Festival	2008	Grand Prix		Won	[16]
	2012		Reality	Won	[5]
César Awards	2009	Best Foreign Film	Gomorrah	Nominated	[17]
David di Donatello	2019	Best Film	Dogman	Won	[18]
		Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Won
	2020	Best Film	Pinocchio	Nominated
		Best Director		Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	2024	Best Film	Io capitano	Won
		Best Director		Won
		Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
European Film Awards	2008	European Director	Gomorrah	Won	[3]
		European Screenwriter		Won
	2018	European Film	Dogman	Nominated	[19]
		European Director		Nominated
		European Screenwriter		Nominated
	2023	European Film	Io capitano	Nominated	[20]
		European Director		Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	2009	Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language	Gomorrah	Nominated	[21]
	2024		Io capitano	Nominated	[22]
Independent Spirit Awards	2009	Best Foreign Film	Gomorrah	Nominated	[23]
Nastro d'Argento	2018	Best Director	Dogman	Won	[24]
	2020		Pinocchio	Won	[25]
Polish Film Award	2019	Best European Film	Dogman	Nominated	[26]
Venice Film Festival	2023	Silver Lion	Io capitano	Won	[27]

Collaborators

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)	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y
Marco Spoletini (Editor)	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Domenico Procacci (Producer)				Y	Y	Y	Y
Jean Labadie (Producer)							Y	Y	Y	Y
Jeremy Thomas (Producer)								Y	Y	Y
Paolo Bonfini (Production designer)			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Dimitri Capuani (Production designer)								Y	Y	Y	Y
Massimo Cantini Parrini (Costume designer)								Y	Y	Y
Banda Osiris (Composer)			Y	Y	Y
Alexandre Desplat (Composer)							Y	Y
Massimo Gaudioso (co-writer)			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y
Ugo Chiti (co-writer)				Y		Y	Y	Y	Y
Maricetta Lombardo (Sound)			Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Ciro Petrone (actor)						Y	Y			Y