Paolo Sorrentino
Paolo SORRENTINO (1970, Italy) is a writer and director. He won five David de Donatellos with Le conseguenze dell'amore (2004). Il divo (2008) won the Prix du Jury in Cannes in 2008. He cast Sean Penn as the lead in his first English-language film, This Must Be the Place. In between filming he also wrote a novel: Hanno tutto ragione (Everyone Is Right, 2011). La grande bellezza (2013) was awarded the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
Filmography
Un paradiso (1994, short, co-dir), L'amore non ha confini (1998, short), La notte lunga (2001, short), L'uomo in più /One Man Up (2001), La primavera del 2002. L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma (2002, doc, co-dir), Giovani talenti italiani (2004, doc, segment: Quando le cose vanno male), Le conseguenze dell'amore/The Consequences of Love (2004), Sabato, domenica e lunedì (2004, TV), L'amico di famiglia/The Family Friend (2006), Il divo (2008), La partita lenta/The Slow Game (2009, short), L'Aquila 2009. Cinque registi tra le macerie (2009, segment: L'assegnazione delle tende), Napoli 24 (2010, segment: La principessa di Napoli), This Must Be the Place (2011), Allo specchio (2011, short), La grande bellezza/The Great Beauty (2013)