Luca Miniero (born 17 January 1967) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in

Naples Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of N ...

, after graduating in Letters Miniero moved to Milan where he started working as a director of commercial shorts. In 1998 he started collaborating with

Paolo Genovese Paolo Genovese (born 20 August 1966) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, after graduating in Economics and Business Genovese started his career at McCann Erickson, directing over one hundred commercials and w ...

co-writing and co-directing the short film ''La scoperta di Walter''; the duo made their feature film debut in 2002, with the critical acclaimed comedy film '' A Neapolitan Spell''. Miniero made his solo-directing debut in 2010, directing the box office hit ''

Benvenuti al Sud ''Benvenuti al Sud'' () is a 2010 comedy film directed by Luca Miniero and a remake of the 2008 French film ''Welcome to the Sticks''. The film was dedicated to Angelo Vassallo, an Italian mayor murdered for his anti-crime campaign.

''.

Filmography

* '' A Neapolitan Spell'' (2002, co-directed with

) * '' Sorry, You Can't Get Through!'' (2005, co-directed with Paolo Genovese) * ''Viaggio in Italia - Una favola vera'' (2007, co-directed with Paolo Genovese) – TV film * '' This Night Is Still Ours'' (2008, co-directed with Paolo Genovese) * ''

'' (2010) * '' Benvenuti al Nord'' (2012) * ''

A Boss in the Living Room ''A Boss in the Living Room'' (, also known as ''A Boss in the Kitchen'') is a 2014 Italian comedy film directed and co-written by Luca Miniero. It was a box-office hit, grossing over 12 million euros and being the best-grossing Italian film of 20 ...

'' (2014) * ''

La scuola più bella del mondo ''La scuola più bella del mondo'' () is a 2014 Italian comedy film directed by Luca Miniero. Cast * Christian De Sica as Principal Filippo Brogi * Rocco Papaleo as Professor Gerardo Gergale * Angela Finocchiaro as Professor Wanda Pacini *Miriam ...

'' (2014) * '' Non c'è più religione'' (2016) * '' I'm Back'' (2018) * ''

Beware the Gorilla ''Beware the Gorilla'' () is a 2019 Italian comedy film directed by Luca Miniero Luca Miniero (born 17 January 1967) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Naples, after graduating in Letters Miniero moved to Milan ...

'' (2019) * '' Cops - Una banda di poliziotti'' – TV series (2020-2021) * '' Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco'' – TV series (2021-ongoing) * '' Tutti a bordo'' (2022)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miniero, Luca 1967 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Film people from Naples 20th-century Italian people