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Matteo Garrone

Highest Rated: 96% Io Capitano (2023)

Lowest Rated: 38% The Caiman (2006)

Birthday: Oct 15, 1968

Birthplace: Rome, Italy

One of Italy's most celebrated modern filmmakers, Matteo Garrone began his illustrious career tackling themes of immigration and dark obsession but became a Cannes favorite when he expanded his vision towards everything from mafia epics and reality TV fables to fairytale reimaginings. An art school graduate, Garrone first served as a camera assistant on various Italian TV and film productions before making the leap to director with award-winning short "Silhouette" (1996). His debut full-length feature "Land in Between" (1996) and the similarly socially-conscious "Guests" (1998) established his naturalistic style, while "Welcome Holy Spirit" (1997) and "Oresto Pipolo: fotografo di matrimoni" (1998) proved he was just as talented a documentarian. Noirish drama "The Embalmer" (2002) and disturbing follow-up "First Love" (2004) maintained his run of critical hits, but it was "Gomorrah" (2008), a multi-layered insight into Naples' criminal underworld that launched him to international fame, picking up the Grand Prix at the world's most prestigious film festival. His next venture, the black comedy "Reality," also won the same accolade, while ambitious portmanteau film "Tale of Tales" (2015) saw Garrone embrace the English language and a cornucopia of Hollywood stars for the first time with equally acclaimed results.

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Highest rated movies

96% 87% Io Capitano Watchlist
90% 70% Gomorra
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88% 70% Pranzo di Ferragosto
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84% 56% Tale of Tales Watchlist 84% 79% Dogman Watchlist 84% 40% Pinocchio Watchlist
81% 69% Reality
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81% 70% The Embalmer
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53% 55% First Love
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38% 61% The Caiman
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
96% 87% Io Capitano Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2023
84% 40% Pinocchio Director,
Writer,
Producer
$1.8M 2019
84% 79% Dogman Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$146.5K 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Piazza Vittorio Self - 2017
84% 56% Tale of Tales Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
$92.1K 2015
81% 69% Reality Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2012
88% 70% Pranzo di Ferragosto Producer $673.7K 2008
90% 70% Gomorra Director,
Writer
$1.6M 2008
38% 61% The Caiman Direttore della fotografia (Character) - 2006
53% 55% First Love Director,
Writer
- 2004
81% 70% The Embalmer Director,
Writer,
Camera Operator
$56.3K 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Roman Summer Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guests Director,
Screenwriter,
Producer,
Production Design
- 1998