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.
The Last Championship
(Self)
Quiet Chaos
(Pietro Paladini)
The Son's Room
(Giovanni)
Aprile
(Self)
Caro diario
(Nanni Moretti)
Padre Padrone
(Cesare)
Bianca
(Michele Apicella)
The Mass Is Ended
(Don Giulio)
We Have a Pope
(Dott. Brezzi)
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
(Self)
Te lo leggo negli occhi
(Cliente negozio)
It's Happening Tomorrow
(Matteo, il carbonaio)
Senza troppo recitare la follia
Ecce Bombo
(Michele Apicella)
Defeat
A Brighter Tomorrow
(Giovanni)
Palombella Rossa
(Michele Apicella)
The Yes Man
(Cesare Botero)
Sweet Dreams
(Michele Apicella)
The Second Time
(Alberto Sajevo)
Girlfriend in a Coma
(Himself)
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
(Self)
Voi siete qui
(Self)
Las Leonas
(Sé stesso)
Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso
(Self)
Mia madre
(Giovanni)
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
We Are Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
I Am Self-Sufficient
(Michele Apicella)
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
(Self)
Opening Day of Close-Up
(Himself)
Caro Nanni
(Himself)
A Special Day
(Self)
Three Lives and Only One Death
Bourgeois Pâté
(Il ragazzo con la cinepresa)
Film Quiz
(Himself)
Evviva Giuseppe
(Himself)
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
(Himself)
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
(Self)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
(Self)
Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone
(Himself)
How Do You Speak, Brother?
(Don Rodrigo)
Say Something Left-Wing
(Himself)
The Caiman
(Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi)
Piazza Mazzini
Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema
(Narrator)
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
(Self)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore"))
Santiago, Italia
(Self)
Three Floors
(Vittorio)
The Only Country In The World
(Cesare Botero / Self)
The Hummingbird
(Daniele Carradori)
The Yes Man
(Producer)
The Son's Room
(Screenplay)
The Son's Room
(Story)
The Son's Room
(Director)
The Son's Room
(Producer)
The Caiman
(Screenplay)
The Caiman
(Director)
Aprile
(Producer)
Aprile
(Director)
Aprile
(Writer)
Caro diario
(Writer)
Caro diario
(Director)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Director)
Bianca
(Director)
The Mass Is Ended
(Director)
We Have a Pope
(Producer)
We Have a Pope
(Director)
Ecce Bombo
(Director)
I Am Self-Sufficient
(Director)
Te lo leggo negli occhi
(Producer)
Palombella Rossa
(Director)
Sweet Dreams
(Director)
Opening Day of Close-Up
(Director)
Three Floors
(Screenplay)
Three Floors
(Producer)
The Thing
(Director)
We Have a Pope
(Story)
We Have a Pope
(Screenplay)
Piazza
(Producer)
Notte italiana
(Producer)
Mia madre
(Director)
Mia madre
(Writer)
Las Leonas
(Producer)
The Mass Is Ended
(Story)
The Mass Is Ended
(Screenplay)
Ecce Bombo
(Story)
Ecce Bombo
(Screenplay)
Sweet Dreams
(Screenplay)
Sweet Dreams
(Story)
Palombella Rossa
(Writer)
Quiet Chaos
(Screenplay)
A Brighter Tomorrow
(Director)
A Brighter Tomorrow
(Producer)
A Brighter Tomorrow
(Screenplay)
The Last Customer
(Director)
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
(Director)
It's Happening Tomorrow
(Producer)
I Am Self-Sufficient
(Editor)
I Am Self-Sufficient
(Writer)
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
(Producer)
Colpi di testa
(Producer)
Il salumificio
(Producer)
The Last Championship
(Producer)
The Last Championship
(Writer)
The Second Time
(Producer)
A Brighter Tomorrow
(Story)
Opening Day of Close-Up
(Writer)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
(Director)
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
(Director)
Block-notes di Habemus Papam
(Producer)
Autobiography of the Masked Man
(Director)
Bourgeois Pâté
(Producer)
Sweet Dreams
(Producer)
Defeat
(Producer)
The King
(Producer)
Gently Dig the Abdomen
(Director)
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
(Writer)
How Do You Speak, Brother?
(Producer)
Zappaterra,
(Producer)
Mia madre
(Producer)
I Am Self-Sufficient
(Producer)
The Caiman
(Producer)
Caro diario
(Producer)
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
(Director)
Bourgeois Pâté
(Director)
Film Quiz
(Director)
How Do You Speak, Brother?
(Director)
Bourgeois Pâté
(Writer)
The Caiman's Diary
(Director)
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
(Writer)
Defeat
(Director)
Defeat
(Writer)
The Only Country In The World
(Director)
The Last Championship
(Director)
How Do You Speak, Brother?
(Writer)
Piazza Mazzini
(Director)
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
(Director)
My Life with the Waters
(Thanks)
The Caiman
(Story)
Quasi a casa
(Producer)
Santiago, Italia
(Producer)
Santiago, Italia
(Screenplay)
Santiago, Italia
(Director)
The Last Customer
(Producer)
The Thing
(Producer)
The Thing
(Editor)
Three Floors
(Director)
Palombella Rossa
(Producer)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Writer)
Bianca
(Screenplay)
Bianca
(Story)
Vittoria
(Producer)