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.
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- 2023 · A Brighter Tomorrow as Giovanni
- 2022 · Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone as
- 2022 · The Hummingbird as Daniele Carradori
- 2022 · Las Leonas as Sé stesso
- 2021 · We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Senza troppo recitare la follia as
- 2021 · Three Floors as Vittorio
- 2018 · Santiago, Italia as Self
- 2017 · Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone as Himself
- 2017 · Evviva Giuseppe as Himself
- 2017 · Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones as Self
- 2017 · Piazza Mazzini as
- 2016 · Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre' as Self
- 2016 · Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema as Narrator
- 2015 · The Legend of the Palme d'Or as Self
- 2015 · Mia madre as Giovanni
- 2012 · Girlfriend in a Coma as Himself
- 2012 · A Special Day as Self
- 2011 · Voi siete qui as Self
- 2011 · We Have a Pope as Dott. Brezzi
- 2008 · Quiet Chaos as Pietro Paladini
- 2008 · Film Quiz as Himself
- 2007 · To Each His Own Cinema as Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")
- 2007 · Say Something Left-Wing as Himself
- 2007 · The Last Championship as Self
- 2006 · The Caiman as Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi
- 2004 · Te lo leggo negli occhi as Cliente negozio
- 2004 · I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto as Self
- 2003 · Anguish Cry of Predator Bird as Self
- 2003 · Fellini: I'm a Born Liar as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Son's Room as Giovanni
- 1998 · Aprile as Self
- 1996 · Three Lives and Only One Death as
- 1996 · Opening Day of Close-Up as Himself
- 1995 · The Second Time as Alberto Sajevo
- 1994 · The Only Country In The World as Cesare Botero / Self
- 1993 · Caro diario as Nanni Moretti
- 1993 · Caro Nanni as Himself
- 1991 · The Yes Man as Cesare Botero
- 1989 · Palombella Rossa as Michele Apicella
- 1988 · It's Happening Tomorrow as Matteo, il carbonaio
- 1985 · The Mass Is Ended as Don Giulio
- 1985 · Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema as Self
- 1984 · Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso as Self
- 1984 · Bianca as Michele Apicella
- 1981 · Sweet Dreams as Michele Apicella
- 1978 · Ecce Bombo as Michele Apicella
- 1977 · Padre Padrone as Cesare
- 1977 · An Autarchic at 'Palazzo' as Himself
- 1976 · I Am Self-Sufficient as Michele Apicella
- 1974 · How Do You Speak, Brother? as Don Rodrigo
- 1973 · Defeat as
- 1973 · Bourgeois Pâté as Il ragazzo con la cinepresa