Nanni Moretti

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: Directing

Born: Bruneck, Italy, 1953-08-19

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Bourgeois Pâté	Il ragazzo con la cinepresa	0
2	1973	Defeat		0
3	1974	How Do You Speak, Brother?	Don Rodrigo	65
4	1976	I Am Self-Sufficient	Michele Apicella	65
5	1977	An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'	Himself	0
6	1977	Padre Padrone	Cesare	69
7	1978	Ecce Bombo	Michele Apicella	74
8	1981	Sweet Dreams	Michele Apicella	71
9	1984	Bianca	Michele Apicella	75
10	1984	Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso	Self	0
11	1985	Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema	Self	0
12	1985	The Mass Is Ended	Don Giulio	74
13	1988	It's Happening Tomorrow	Matteo, il carbonaio	56
14	1989	Palombella rossa	Michele Apicella	72
15	1991	The Yes Man	Cesare Botero	71
16	1993	Caro Nanni	Himself	65
17	1993	Dear Diary	Nanni Moretti	74
18	1994	The Only Country In The World	Cesare Botero / Self	0
19	1995	The Second Time	Alberto Sajevo	58
20	1996	Opening Day of Close-Up	Himself	54
21	1996	Three Lives and Only One Death		65
22	1998	Aprile	Self	73
23	2001	The Son's Room	Giovanni	71
24	2003	Fellini: I'm a Born Liar	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	63
25	2003	Anguish Cry of Predator Bird	Self	63
26	2004	I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto	Self	0
27	2004	Te lo leggo negli occhi	Cliente negozio	65
28	2006	The Caiman	Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi	67
29	2007	The Last Championship	Self	0
30	2007	Say Something Left-Wing	Himself	68
31	2007	To Each His Own Cinema	Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")	65
32	2008	Film Quiz	Himself	66
33	2008	Quiet Chaos	Pietro Paladini	65
34	2011	We Have a Pope	Dott. Brezzi	68
35	2011	Voi siete qui	Self	0
36	2012	A Special Day	Self	60
37	2012	Girlfriend in a Coma	Self	69
38	2014	Tutte le storie di Piera		0
39	2015	Mia madre	Giovanni	67
40	2015	The Legend of the Palme d'Or	Self	60
41	2016	Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema	Narrator	0
42	2016	Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'	Self	0
43	2017	Piazza Mazzini		60
44	2017	Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones	Self	60
45	2017	Evviva Giuseppe	Himself	65
46	2017	Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone	Himself	0
47	2018	Santiago, Italia	Self	72
48	2021	Three Floors	Vittorio	64
49	2021	Senza troppo recitare la follia		0
50	2021	We Are Cinema	Self (archive footage)	95
51	2022	Las Leonas	Sé stesso	73
52	2022	The Hummingbird	Daniele Carradori	70
53	2022	Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone		0
54	2023	A Brighter Tomorrow	Giovanni	70
55		Segni particolari: documentarista		0
56	2024	Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema	Self	0
57		It Will Happen Tonight		0

Nanni Moretti

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