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
Self
2024

A Brighter Tomorrow
Giovanni
2023

Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
2022

The Hummingbird
Daniele Carradori
2022

Las Leonas
Sé stesso
2022

We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021

Senza troppo recitare la follia
2021

Three Floors
Vittorio
2021

Santiago, Italia
Self
2018

Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone
Himself
2017

Evviva Giuseppe
Himself
2017
Piazza Mazzini
2017
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
Self
2017

Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Self
2016

Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema
Narrator
2016

The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Self
2015

Mia madre
Giovanni
2015

Tutte le storie di Piera
2014

Girlfriend in a Coma
Self
2012

A Special Day
Self
2012

Voi siete qui
Self
2011

We Have a Pope
Dott. Brezzi
2011

Quiet Chaos
Pietro Paladini
2008

Film Quiz
Himself
2008

To Each His Own Cinema
Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")
2007

The Last Championship
Self
2007
Say Something Left-Wing
Himself
2007

The Caiman
Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi
2006

Te lo leggo negli occhi
Cliente negozio
2004

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
Self
2004

Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
Self
2003

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003

The Son's Room
Giovanni
2001

Aprile
Self
1998

Three Lives and Only One Death
1996

Opening Day of Close-Up
Himself
1996

The Second Time
Alberto Sajevo
1995
The Only Country In The World
Cesare Botero / Self
1994

Dear Diary
Nanni Moretti
1993
Caro Nanni
Himself
1993

The Yes Man
Cesare Botero
1991

Palombella rossa
Michele Apicella
1989

It's Happening Tomorrow
Matteo, il carbonaio
1988

The Mass Is Ended
Don Giulio
1985

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self
1985

Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso
Self
1984

Bianca
Michele Apicella
1984

Sweet Dreams
Michele Apicella
1981

Ecce Bombo
Michele Apicella
1978

Padre Padrone
Cesare
1977

An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
Himself
1977

I Am Self-Sufficient
Michele Apicella
1976

How Do You Speak, Brother?
Don Rodrigo
1974

Defeat
1973
Bourgeois Pâté
Il ragazzo con la cinepresa
1973