Biography
Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959; Naples) is an Italian film/theatre director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film "Troubling Love" (1995) was entered into the 48th Cannes Film Festival. His film "We Believed" (2010) competed for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. His film "Nostalgia" (2022) entered into the 75th Cannes Film Festival for the first time in 24 years. He was the stage director for Lorenzo Ferrero's opera Charlotte Corday, which was premiered at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989.
Directed 34
2020s
- 2026
Trick
Director
- 2025
Medea
Director
- 2023
Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo Jodice
Director
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Director
- 2022
Nostalgia
Director
La Bohème
Director
- 2021
The King of Laughter
Director
La Traviata
Stage Director
- 2020
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Director
2010s
- 2019
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
Director
- 2018
Capri-Revolution
Director
Verdi: Falstaff
Stage Director
- 2017
Giordano: Andrea Chénier - Teatro alla Scala
Stage Director
- 2016
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
Director
Hindemith: Sancta Susanna
Director
- 2015
The Bassarids - Theatro dell’Opera di Roma
Director
- 2014
Leopardi
Director
- 2013
Rossini - Matilde di Shabran
Stage Director
- 2011
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci - Teatro alla Scala
Stage Director, Director
- 2010
We Believed
Director
2000s
- 2008
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Stage Director
- 2005
Così venne ucciso Pasolini
Director
- 2004
The Scent of Blood
Director
- 2001
Another World Is Possible
Assistant Director
- 2000
Così Fan Tutte - Teatro Comunale di Ferrara
Director
1990s
- 1998
Rehearsals for War
Director
- 1997
The Vesuvians
Director
- 1996
A Sahrawi story
Director
- 1995
- 1993
Razor
Director
- 1992
Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Director
1980s
- 1986
Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
Director
- 1985
Nessun dove - Studi su immagini di Napoli
Director
Wrote 17
2020s
- 2026
Trick
Screenplay
- 2025
- 2023
Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo Jodice
Writer
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Screenplay, Story
- 2022
Nostalgia
Screenplay, Story
- 2021
The King of Laughter
Screenplay, Story
2010s
- 2019
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
Screenplay
- 2018
Capri-Revolution
Story, Screenplay
- 2014
Leopardi
Screenplay
- 2010
We Believed
Dialogue, Screenplay, Co-Writer, Script Consultant, Script Editor
2000s
- 2004
The Scent of Blood
Writer
1990s
- 1998
Rehearsals for War
Screenplay, Writer, Idea, Story
- 1997
The Vesuvians
Writer
- 1996
A Sahrawi story
Writer
- 1995
- 1993
Razor
Screenplay
- 1992
Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Screenplay, Story
Acted in 6
2020s
- 2024
Per sempre al Massimo
Movie
- 2023
Scarrozzanti e Spiritelli: 50 Years of the Franco Parenti Theatre
Movie
Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera
Movie
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Sé stesso
2010s
- 2017
Ferrante Fever
Movie
Art department 2
2020s
- 2021
La Traviata
Production Design
1990s
- 1993
Razor
Production Design
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2010
We Believed
Script
Appearances7
2020s
- 2023
Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
Self
2010s
- 2019
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
Himself
- 2018
- 2017
Pina Bausch a Roma
Self
- 2015
I Don't Know the Men of this City
Self
2000s
- 2002
Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Reason of a Dream
Self
1990s
- 1996
Aspettando Totò
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2000s
- 2000
Roman Summer
Thanks