Highest rated as cast or director
Biography
Paolo Sorrentino (Italian: [ˈpaːolo sorrenˈtiːno]; born 31 May 1970; Naples) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has often been compared to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento. Sorrentino made his directorial film debut with the Italian comedy-drama One Man Up (2001) for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director followed by The Consequences of Love (2004), The Family Friend (2006), and This Must Be the Place (2011). The biographical drama Il Divo (2009) was awarded the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize. He received critical acclaim with the art drama The Great Beauty (2013) which won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He followed with Youth (2015), Loro (2018), and The Hand of God (2021) the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He is also known for his work on television creating and directing the HBO drama series The Young Pope (2016), and The New Pope (2019). He worked with songwriters Antonello Venditti, Paloma Faith and Mark Kozelek and written three books published in Italian. He works with authors and producers including Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, Toni Servillo and Luca Bigazzi. Actors in his films have included Sabrina Ferilli, Michael Caine, Fanny Ardant, Harvey Keitel, Isabella Ferrari, Elena Sofia Ricci, Sean Penn, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Law, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Nanni Moretti, Filippo Scotti, Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese, Frank Langella and Jane Fonda.
Directed 40
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
- 2022
Sei pezzi facili
Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Gola
Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Migliore
Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Perfetta
Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Qui e ora
Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : 456
Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : In mezzo al mare
Director
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Backstage
Director
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
Little Adventure in Rome
Director
Loro 2
Director
- 2017
Killer in Red
Director
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
Le voci di dentro
Stage Director, Director
Sabbia
Director
The Dream
Director
- 2013
- 2011
In the Mirror
Director
2000s
- 2009
The Slow Game
Director
L'Aquila 2009: Five Directors in the Rubble
Director
- 2008
Il Divo
Director
- 2006
The Family Friend
Director
- 2005
Fiat Croma
Director
- 2004
Saturday, Sunday & Monday
Stage Director, Director
The Consequences of Love
Director
- 2002
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Director
- 2001
The Long Night
Director
One Man Up
Director
1990s
- 1998
Love Has No Bounds
Director
- 1994
Paradise
Director
- 1992
Ladri di futuro
First Assistant Director
Wrote 28
2020s
- 2025
L'infinito
Screenplay
- 2024
- 2023
Roma, santa e dannata
Creative Producer
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
Little Adventure in Rome
Writer
Loro 2
Writer
- 2017
Killer in Red
Screenplay
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
The Dream
Writer
- 2013
- 2011
In the Mirror
Writer
2000s
- 2009
The Slow Game
Screenplay
- 2008
Il Divo
Screenplay
- 2006
The Family Friend
Screenplay
- 2004
The Consequences of Love
Screenplay
- 2001
The Long Night
Writer
One Man Up
Screenplay
1990s
- 1998
Love Has No Bounds
Writer
The Dust of Naples
Screenplay
- 1994
Paradise
Writer
Produced 11
2020s
- 2026
Föa - Once Upon A Future
Producer
- 2025
- 2024
I Told You So
Producer
- 2023
Lost Love
Producer
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
1990s
- 1995
Man Who Check the Meter
Assistant Unit Manager
Acted in 9
2020s
- 2023
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
Sé stesso
Call My Agent: Italy
TV
- 2022
Il teatro di Mattia Torre : Backstage
Movie
2010s
- 2014
Three Touches
se stesso
Tutte le storie di Piera
Movie
- 2013
2000s
- 2009
A Matter of Heart
se stesso
- 2006
The Caiman
il marito di Aidra in "Cataratte"
Created 3
2020s
- 2022
Sei pezzi facili
Creator
- 2020
2010s
- 2016
Other crew 1
2000s
- 2009
The Other Half
Presenter
Appearances10
2020s
- 2023
Room 999
Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2021
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2016
- 2015
Cercando La grande bellezza
Self
2000s
- 2009
What Do You Know About Me
Self
- 2007
- 2004
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
Self
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2022
