Paolo Genovese

Director · Born August 20, 1966 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Biography

Paolo Genovese (born August 20, 1966) is an Italian comedy film director and screenwriter. His best known film is Perfect Strangers (2016), which holds the Guinness World Record for most remade movie ever, having since been adapted in more than 20 countries around the world.

Directed 19

2020s

2026
Il rumore delle cose nuove
Director
2025
Somebody to Love
Director
72
2023
The Lions of Sicily
Director
68
The First Day of My Life
Director
2021
Superheroes
Director
68
Gli amigos
Director

2010s

2017
The Place
Director
70
2016
Per sempre
Director
Perfect Strangers
Director
78
2015
Ever Been to the Moon?
Director
61
2014
Tutta colpa di Freud
Director
2012
A Perfect Family
Director
The Immature: The Trip
Director
2011
The Immature
Director
2010
The Santa Claus Gang
Director

2000s

2008
Questa notte è ancora nostra
Director
2005
Sorry, You Can't Get Through!
Director
2002
Incantesimo napoletano
Director

1990s

1999
Small things of unquantifiable value
Director

Wrote 55

2020s

2026
Il rumore delle cose nuove
Screenplay, Novel, Idea, Writer, Story
(im)perfect strangers
Original Film Writer
Behind the Screens
Original Film Writer
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
2025
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
Perfect strangers
Original Film Writer
Somebody to Love
Story, Screenplay
72
2024
Khel Khel Mein
Original Film Writer
68
2023
Hygge!
Original Film Writer
The First Day of My Life
Screenplay, Story, Novel
Wild Game
Original Film Writer
2022
The Returners
Original Film Writer
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
Full Dekning
Original Film Writer
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
59
2021
Superheroes
Screenplay, Story, Novel
68
Gli amigos
Story, Screenplay
Per tutta la vita
Screenplay, Story, Story Supervisor
Alles Op Tafel
Original Film Writer
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
Známi neznámi
Original Film Writer
Tutta colpa di Freud
Writer
Adult's Situation
Original Film Writer
2020
Blood Moon Party
Original Film Writer

2010s

2019
The Perfect Secret
Original Film Writer
66
(Nie)znajomi
Original Story, Original Film Writer
Unknown Subscriber
Original Film Writer
Loud Connection
Original Film Writer
2018
Kill Mobile
Original Film Writer
Perfectos desconocidos
Original Film Writer
69
BÚÉK
Original Film Writer
Intimate Strangers
Original Film Writer
70
Nothing to Hide
Original Film Writer
72
Loudspeaker
Original Film Writer
Stranger in My Pocket
Original Film Writer
68
The Immature - The Series
Writer
2017
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
68
The Place
Screenplay, Story
70
2016
Perfect Strangers
Original Film Writer
Per sempre
Screenplay, Story
Perfect Strangers
Story, Screenplay
78
How to Get Revenge on Your Ex
Screenplay, Story
2015
Ever Been to the Moon?
Screenplay, Story
61
2014
Ti ricordi di me?
Screenplay
Tutta colpa di Freud
Story
2013
A Fantastic Back and Forth
Screenplay, Story
2012
A Perfect Family
Screenplay, Story
The Immature: The Trip
Screenplay, Story
2011
The Immature
Screenplay, Story

2000s

2008
Questa notte è ancora nostra
Screenplay, Story Developer
2005
Sorry, You Can't Get Through!
Screenplay, Story
2002
Incantesimo napoletano
Screenplay, Story, Idea, Writer

1990s

1999
Small things of unquantifiable value
Writer

Acted in 2

2020s

2026
Peccato
TV
2023
I 400 giorni - Funamboli e maestri
Sé stesso

Other crew 2

2020s

2026
Il rumore delle cose nuove
Script

2000s

2002
Incantesimo napoletano
Script

Created 2

2020s

2021
Gli amigos
Creator
Tutta colpa di Freud
Creator

Produced 1

2010s

2018
Forgive Us Our Debts
Associate Producer
62

Appearances1

2010s

2014
Giulio Cesare: Class Mates
Self