Sorrentino biography

Italian film director and screenwriter

Paolo Sorrentino (Italian:[ˈpaːolosorrenˈtiːno]; born 31 May 1970)^[1] is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer.

He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has often been compared to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni.^[2] He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards.

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In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento awards.

Sorrentino made his directorial film debut with the Italiancomedy-dramaOne Man Up (2001) for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director followed by The Consequences of Love (2004), The Family Friend (2006), and This Must Be the Place (2011).

The biographical drama Il Divo