Nanni Moretti

Personal Info

Known For:
Directing

Birthday:
August 19, 1953

Place of Birth:
Bruneck, Italy

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Nanni Moretti

Biography

Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953; Brunico) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Son's Room", a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for "The Mass is Ended" and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for "Sweet Dreams", in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for "Caro diario" in 1994, "The Son's Room" in 2001 and "Il caimano" in 2006).

Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two passions, the cinema and water polo. Having finished his studies he pursued a career as a producer, and in 1973 directed his first two short films: Pâté de bourgeois and The Defeat (La sconfitta). In 1976, Nanni Moretti's first feature film Io sono un autarchico (I Am Self-Sufficient) was released. In 1978, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie Ecce Bombo, which tells the story of a student having problems with his entourage. It was screened at the Cannes Festival. Sogni d'oro won the Silver Lion at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. La messa è finita won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. He may be best known for his films Caro diario (Dear Diary, 1993; followed in 1998 by a sequel, Aprile) and La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room, 2001), the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

Moretti has used certain actors several times in his films, generally playing minor roles. His father Luigi appears in 6 films, Dario Cantarelli and Mauro Fabretti in 5, Antonio Petrocelli in 4. More notable Italian actors he has employed frequently in his films include Silvio Orlando, who appears in 5 films (including the role of protagonist in Il caimano) and Laura Morante, who was featured in Sogni d'oro, Bianca and The Son's Room.[citation needed]. Having played waterpolo in the B division of the Italian championship, his experience later inspired his film Palombella Rossa ("palombella," which literally means "little pigeon," refers to a type of lob shot). His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself. His most recent role was in the film Mia Madre (My Mother, 2015) Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist. In 2002, he organized street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. Il caimano (2006) is in part about Berlusconi's controversies: in one of the three portraits of the Italian prime minister Moretti himself plays Berlusconi. Aprile also deals with Italy's political situation and Moretti's views on it. His 2011 film We Have a Pope screened In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema Self
2023 A Brighter Tomorrow Giovanni
2022 Las Leonas Sé stesso
2022 Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
2022 The Hummingbird Daniele Carradori
2021 Senza troppo recitare la follia
2021 We Are Cinema Self (archive footage)
2021 Three Floors Vittorio
2018 Santiago, Italia Self
2017 Evviva Giuseppe Himself
2017 Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone Himself
2017 Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones Self
2017 Piazza Mazzini
2016 Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' Self
2016 Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema Narrator
2015 The Legend of the Palme d'Or Self
2015 Mia madre Giovanni
2014 Tutte le storie di Piera
2012 Girlfriend in a Coma Self
2012 A Special Day Self
2011 We Have a Pope Dott. Brezzi
2011 Voi siete qui Self
2008 Quiet Chaos Pietro Paladini
2008 Film Quiz Himself
2007 The Last Championship Self
2007 Say Something Left-Wing Himself
2007 To Each His Own Cinema Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")
2006 The Caiman Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi
2004 Te lo leggo negli occhi Cliente negozio
2004 I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto Self
2003 Anguish Cry of Predator Bird Self
2003 Fellini: I'm a Born Liar Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001 The Son's Room Giovanni
1998 Aprile Self
1996 Opening Day of Close-Up Himself
1996 Three Lives and Only One Death
1995 The Second Time Alberto Sajevo
1994 The Only Country In The World Cesare Botero / Self
1993 Caro diario Nanni Moretti
1993 Caro Nanni Himself
1991 The Yes Man Cesare Botero
1989 Palombella rossa Michele Apicella
1988 It's Happening Tomorrow Matteo, il carbonaio
1985 The Mass Is Ended Don Giulio
1985 Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema Self
1984 Bianca Michele Apicella
1984 Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso Self
1981 Sweet Dreams Michele Apicella
1978 Ecce Bombo Michele Apicella
1977 Padre Padrone Cesare
1977 An Autarchic at 'Palazzo' Himself
1976 I Am Self-Sufficient Michele Apicella
1974 How Do You Speak, Brother? Don Rodrigo
1973 Defeat
1973 Bourgeois Pâté Il ragazzo con la cinepresa
Segni particolari: documentarista
It Will Happen Tonight
Year TV Show Role
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