Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian
filmmaker
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. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world.
His films ''
Nasty Love'' (1995) and ''
Nostalgia
Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The word ''nostalgia'' is a neoclassical compound derived from Greek language, Greek, consisting of (''nóstos''), a Homeric word me ...
'' (2022) were selected competed for the
Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
While ''
Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician'' (1992), ''
The Vesuvians'' (1997), ''
We Believed'' (2010), ''
Leopardi'' (2014), ''
Capri-Revolution'' (2018), ''
The Mayor of Rione Sanità'' (2019) and ''
The King of Laughter'' (2021) were selected to compete for the
Golden Lion at the
Venice Film Festival
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.
For ''Nostalgia'', Martone won his first
Nastro d'Argento for Best Director in 2022.
Career
He is also a noted stage director for operas. He staged the premiere performance of
Lorenzo Ferrero's opera ''
Charlotte Corday
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known simply as Charlotte Corday (), was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobins, Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793. Cor ...
'', which opened at
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989.
Martone has since also staged three new productions of
Gioachino Rossini
Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote man ...
's operas in the
Rossini Opera Festival: ''
Matilde di Shabran'' (2004, 2012), ''
Torvaldo e Dorliska'' (2006, 2017), ''
Aureliano in Palmira'' (2014, 2023).
Filmography
Feature films
Documentaries
Short
Television
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
Italian film directors
Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
David di Donatello winners
Nastro d'Argento winners
Ciak d'oro winners