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.
Fotos
Películas (82)
It Will Happen Tonight
2026 · Padre di Greta, Director, Screenplay, Producer
Carla Lonzi, A Feminist Story
2026
Canestrooooo!
2025 · Self, Director
Buio in sala
2025
Vittoria
2024 · Producer
Quasi a casa
2024 · Producer
Carlo Mazzacurati: A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024 · Self
A Brighter Tomorrow
2023 · Giovanni, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
2022 · Self
The Hummingbird
2022 · Daniele Carradori
Las Leonas
2022 · Sé stesso, Producer
Piazza
2022 · Producer
We Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Senza troppo recitare la follia
2021
Three Floors
2021 · Vittorio, Screenplay, Producer, Director
My Life with the Waters
2021 · Thanks
Santiago, Italia
2018 · Self, Producer, Screenplay, Director, Idea, Script, Story, Writer
Piazza Mazzini
2018 · Director
Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone
2017 · Himself
Evviva Giuseppe
2017 · Himself
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
2017 · Self, Director
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
2016 · Self
Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema
2016 · Narrator
Filmstudio, mon amour
2015 · Sé stesso
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015 · Self
Mia Madre
2015 · Giovanni, Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014
Autobiography of the Masked Man
2013 · Director
Gently Dig the Abdomen
2013 · Director
The King
2013 · Producer
Girlfriend in a Coma
2012 · Self
A Special Day
2012 · Self
Voi siete qui
2011 · Self
We Have a Pope
2011 · Dott. Brezzi, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Story
Block-notes di Habemus Papam
2011 · Producer
Quiet Chaos
2008 · Pietro Paladini, Screenplay
Film Quiz
2008 · Himself, Director
To Each His Own Cinema
2007 · Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore"), Director, Writer
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007 · Director
Diario di Uno Spettatore
2007 · Nanni Moretti, Director, Writer
The Last Championship
2007 · Self, Producer, Writer, Director
Say Something Left-Wing
2007 · Himself
The Caiman's Diary
2006 · Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
2006 · Director
The Caiman
2006 · Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi, Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay
Colpi di testa
2005 · Producer
Te lo leggo negli occhi
2004 · Cliente negozio, Producer
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004 · Self
Citizen Berlusconi
2003 · Self (uncredited)
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
2003 · Self, Director, Producer, Writer
The Last Customer
2003 · Director, Producer
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Il salumificio
2002 · Producer
Zappaterra,
2002 · Producer
The Son's Room
2001 · Giovanni, Screenplay, Producer, Director, Story
Aprile
1998 · Nanni Moretti, Producer, Director, Writer
Three Lives and Only One Death
1996 · Barman
Opening Day of Close-Up
1996 · Himself, Director
The Second Time
1995 · Alberto Sajevo, Producer
The Only Country In The World
1994 · Cesare Botero / Self, Director
Caro diario
1993 · Nanni Moretti, Director, Writer, Producer
Caro Nanni
1993 · Himself
The Yes Man
1991 · Cesare Botero, Producer
The Thing
1990 · Director, Producer, Editor
Palombella rossa
1989 · Michele Apicella, Director, Writer, Producer
It's Happening Tomorrow
1988 · Matteo, il carbonaio, Producer
Notte italiana
1987 · Producer
The Mass Is Ended
1985 · Don Giulio, Director, Screenplay, Story
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985 · Self
Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso
1984 · Self
Bianca
1984 · Michele Apicella, Director, Screenplay, Story
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
1984 · Director
Sweet Dreams
1981 · Michele Apicella, Director, Story, Screenplay, Producer
Ecce Bombo
1978 · Michele Apicella, Director, Screenplay, Story, Idea, Script, Writer
Padre Padrone
1977 · Cesare
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
1977 · Himself, Director, Writer
I Am Self-Sufficient
1976 · Michele Apicella, Director, Editor, Writer, Producer, Idea, Story, Script, Screenplay
How Do You Speak, Brother?
1974 · Don Rodrigo, Producer, Writer, Director
Defeat
1973 · Producer, Writer, Director
Bourgeois Pâté
1973 · Il ragazzo con la cinepresa, Producer, Writer, Director
Segni particolari: documentarista
Primo Viaggio
· Producer
