Nanni Moretti

Born

August 19, 1953 (71 years old)

Known For

Directing

Place of Birth

Bruneck, Italy

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.

Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema

Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema

Self

0.0

2024

A Brighter Tomorrow

A Brighter Tomorrow

Giovanni

7.0

2023

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone

0.0

2022

The Hummingbird

The Hummingbird

Daniele Carradori

7.0

2022

Las Leonas

Las Leonas

Sé stesso

7.3

2022

We Are Cinema

We Are Cinema

Self (archive footage)

9.5

2021

Senza troppo recitare la follia

Senza troppo recitare la follia

0.0

2021

Three Floors

Three Floors

Vittorio

6.4

2021

Santiago, Italia

Santiago, Italia

Self

7.2

2018

Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone

Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone

Himself

0.0

2017

Evviva Giuseppe

Evviva Giuseppe

Himself

6.5

2017

Piazza Mazzini

6.0

2017

Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones

Self

6.0

2017

Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'

Self

0.0

2016

Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema

Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema

Narrator

0.0

2016

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

The Legend of the Palme d'Or

Self

6.0

2015

Mia madre

Mia madre

Giovanni

6.7

2015

Tutte le storie di Piera

Tutte le storie di Piera

0.0

2014

Girlfriend in a Coma

Girlfriend in a Coma

Self

6.9

2012

A Special Day

A Special Day

Self

6.0

2012

Voi siete qui

Voi siete qui

Self

0.0

2011

We Have a Pope

We Have a Pope

Dott. Brezzi

6.8

2011

Quiet Chaos

Quiet Chaos

Pietro Paladini

6.5

2008

Film Quiz

Film Quiz

Himself

6.6

2008

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")

6.5

2007

The Last Championship

The Last Championship

Self

0.0

2007

Say Something Left-Wing

Himself

6.8

2007

The Caiman

The Caiman

Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi

6.7

2006

Te lo leggo negli occhi

Te lo leggo negli occhi

Cliente negozio

6.5

2004

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

Self

0.0

2004

Anguish Cry of Predator Bird

Anguish Cry of Predator Bird

Self

6.3

2003

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.3

2003

The Son's Room

The Son's Room

Giovanni

7.1

2001

Aprile

Aprile

Self

7.3

1998

Three Lives and Only One Death

Three Lives and Only One Death

6.5

1996

Opening Day of Close-Up

Opening Day of Close-Up

Himself

5.4

1996

The Second Time

The Second Time

Alberto Sajevo

5.8

1995

The Only Country In The World

Cesare Botero / Self

0.0

1994

Dear Diary

Dear Diary

Nanni Moretti

7.4

1993

Caro Nanni

Himself

6.5

1993

The Yes Man

The Yes Man

Cesare Botero

7.1

1991

Palombella rossa

Palombella rossa

Michele Apicella

7.2

1989

It's Happening Tomorrow

It's Happening Tomorrow

Matteo, il carbonaio

5.6

1988

The Mass Is Ended

The Mass Is Ended

Don Giulio

7.4

1985

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema

Self

0.0

1985

Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso

Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso

Self

0.0

1984

Bianca

Bianca

Michele Apicella

7.5

1984

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

Michele Apicella

7.1

1981

Ecce Bombo

Ecce Bombo

Michele Apicella

7.4

1978

Padre Padrone

Padre Padrone

Cesare

6.9

1977

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'

Himself

0.0

1977

I Am Self-Sufficient

I Am Self-Sufficient

Michele Apicella

6.5

1976

How Do You Speak, Brother?

How Do You Speak, Brother?

Don Rodrigo

6.5

1974

Defeat

Defeat

0.0

1973

Bourgeois Pâté

Il ragazzo con la cinepresa

0.0

1973

Segni particolari: documentarista

0.0

It Will Happen Tonight

0.0