
Gabriele Salvatores
Biography
Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award -winning film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples , Salvatores debuted as a theater director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989.
In that year, he directed his third feature film, Marrakech Express , which was followed in 1990 by Turné . Both films shared a group of actor-friends, including Diego Abatantuono and Fabrizio Bentivoglio , who will be present in many of his later movies. Turné was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1991, Salvatores received international praise for Mediterraneo , which won an Academy Award as best foreign film. It also won three David di Donatello , the most important award for Italian cinema, and a Nastro d'Argento .
In 1992, he released Puerto Escondido , from the eponymous novel by Pino Cacucci , in which Abatantuono and Bentivoglio were joined by another standard actor for Salvatores, Claudio Bisio . The following year he directed Sud , featuring Silvio Orlando , an attempt to denounce the political and social situation of the Mezzogiorno of Italy seen from the point of view of the unemployed and those at the margins of society.
The main themes of Salvatores' screenplays are escape from a reality that cannot be accepted or understood, nostalgia for friends, and voyages that never end. A new experimental period, however, started in 1997 with Nirvana , a science fiction/ cyberpunk attempt which received mixed reviews. This was followed by the surreal Denti ( Teeth , 2000), and Amnèsia (2002). Both featured Sergio Rubini .
In 2003 he directed the financially successful I'm Not Scared , based on the Niccolò Ammaniti novel of the same name. In 2005 he directed the noir Quo Vadis, Baby? . His 2008 film As God Commands was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival.
Acting (8 movies)

Ezio Bosso - Le cose che restano
2021

Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
2014

Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
2008

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004

Cinque mondi
2016

The True Life of Antonio H.
1994

The Vanja Earthquake
2019

Inter. Due Stelle sul Cuore
2024
Directing (27 movies)

As God Commands
2008

Nirvana
1997

I'm Not Scared
2003

Quo Vadis, Baby?
2005

Marrakech Express
1989

Teeth
2000

Mediterraneo
1991

Kamikazen (Ultima notte a Milano)
1988

Sud
1993

Puerto Escondido
1992

Dream of a Summer Night
1983

Amnèsia
2002

Turné
1990

1960
2010

Happy Family
2010

Siberian Education
2013

Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
2014

The Invisible Boy
2014

Rossini: La Gazza Ladra - Teatro alla Scala
2017

The Invisible Boy: Second Generation
2018

Naples to New York
2024

La domenica delle salme
1990

Volare
2019

Fuori era primavera: Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown
2020

Stella
2009

Comedians
2021

Casanova's Return
2023
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Dream of a Summer Night | 1983 | Screenplay |
| Kamikazen (Ultima notte a Milano) | 1988 | Screenplay |
| Turné | 1990 | Screenplay |
| Puerto Escondido | 1992 | Screenplay |
| Sud | 1993 | Screenplay |
| Nirvana | 1997 | Writer |
| Teeth | 2000 | Screenplay |
| Amnèsia | 2002 | Screenplay |
| As God Commands | 2008 | Screenplay |
| Happy Family | 2010 | Screenplay |
| 1960 | 2010 | Writer |
| 1960 | 2010 | Screenplay |
| Siberian Education | 2013 | Screenplay |
| Volare | 2019 | Screenplay |
| Comedians | 2021 | Writer |
| Casanova's Return | 2023 | Screenplay |
| Naples to New York | 2024 | Screenplay |