
Matteo Garrone
Biography
Matteo Garrone (born 15 October 1968; Rome) is an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997. He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah (2008), among many other awards. His film Reality (2012) competed in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix.
His films Tale of Tales (2015) and Dogman (2018) were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and the 2018 Cannes Film Festival respectively. The Nastro d'argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director with Dogman. He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).
Acting (4 movies)
Directing (22 movies)

Gomorrah
2008

The Embalmer
2002

First Love
2004

Reality
2012

The Castle of the Tarots
2021

Guests
1998

Roman Summer
2000

Land In Between
1996

Tale of Tales
2015
Silhouette
1996
Welcome Holy Spirit
1997
The Case of Force Majeure
1998
Le mythe Dior
2020
Before Design: Classic
2016
The One
2017

Delightful
2017

Io Capitano
2023

Oreste Pipolo, fotografo di matrimoni
1998

Pinocchio
2019

Dogman
2018

Entering Red
2019

Les Fantômes du Cinéma
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Silhouette | 1996 | Writer |
| Silhouette | 1996 | Producer |
| Land In Between | 1996 | Producer |
| Land In Between | 1996 | Screenplay |
| The Case of Force Majeure | 1998 | Writer |
| Guests | 1998 | Screenplay |
| Guests | 1998 | Producer |
| Roman Summer | 2000 | Screenplay |
| Roman Summer | 2000 | Producer |
| The Embalmer | 2002 | Screenplay |
| First Love | 2004 | Screenplay |
| Mid-August Lunch | 2008 | Producer |
| Gomorrah | 2008 | Screenplay |
| Reality | 2012 | Producer |
| Reality | 2012 | Screenplay |
| Thugs with No Legend | 2013 | Producer |
| Tale of Tales | 2015 | Producer |
| Tale of Tales | 2015 | Screenplay |
| Dogman | 2018 | Producer |
| Dogman | 2018 | Screenplay |
| Blue Kids | 2018 | Producer |
| Nevia | 2019 | Producer |
| Pinocchio | 2019 | Screenplay |
| Pinocchio | 2019 | Producer |
| Le mythe Dior | 2020 | Producer |
| The Castle of the Tarots | 2021 | Writer |
| The Castle of the Tarots | 2021 | Producer |
| Io Capitano | 2023 | Producer |
| Io Capitano | 2023 | Writer |
| Les Fantômes du Cinéma | 2025 | Screenplay |



