Paolo SORRENTINO

Director, script writer, Actor, Writer, Director

Italy

Paolo SORRENTINO © Claudio Porcarelli

Paolo Sorrentino, director and screenwriter, was born in Naples in 1970. Seven of his 8 films have been presented in Competition at the Festival de Cannes, where Il Divo won the Prix du Jury in 2008. In 2014, his film La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) won the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as a BAFTA and five EFA Awards. In 2016, La Giovinezza (Youth) gained an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song and two Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song. The film won three European Film Awards. In 2016, he made his first TV Series: The Young Pope. He has also published a novel “Hanno tutti ragione (Everybody’s Right)” in 2010, and two collections of short stories: “Tony Pagoda e i suoi amici” (2012), and “Gli aspetti irrilevanti” (2016).

Jury attendance

  • Member Feature films, 2017
  • President Un Certain Regard, 2009

Feature films

PARTHENOPE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2024Director, Screenplay

CHAMBRE 999

Cannes Classics, 2023Actor

YOUTH

In Competition - Feature Films, 2015Director, Screenplay

LA GRANDE BELLEZZA

In Competition - Feature Films, 2013Director, Screenplay

THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2011Director, Screenplay

IL DIVO

In Competition - Feature Films, 2008Director, Screenplay

L’AMICO DI FAMIGLIA

In Competition - Feature Films, 2006Director, Screenplay

LE CONSEGUENZE DELL’AMORE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2004Director, Screenplay

Awards

IL DIVO

In Competition - Feature Films, 2008
2008 Jury Prize 2008 Vulcain Prize for an artist technician, awarded by the C.S.T.
Director, Screenplay