Paolo Sorrentino
Directing
Paolo Sorrentino (Italian: [ˈpaːolo sorrenˈtiːno]; born 31 May 1970; Naples) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has often been compared to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento. Sorrentino made his directorial film debut with the Italian comedy-drama One Man Up (2001) for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director followed by The Consequences of Love (2004), The Family Friend (2006), and This Must Be the Place (2011). The biographical drama Il Divo (2009) was awarded the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize. He received critical acclaim with the art drama The Great Beauty (2013) which won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He followed with Youth (2015), Loro (2018), and The Hand of God (2021) the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He is also known for his work on television creating and directing the HBO drama series The Young Pope (2016), and The New Pope (2019). He worked with songwriters Antonello Venditti, Paloma Faith and Mark Kozelek and written three books published in Italian. He works with authors and producers including Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, Toni Servillo and Luca Bigazzi. Actors in his films have included Sabrina Ferilli, Michael Caine, Fanny Ardant, Harvey Keitel, Isabella Ferrari, Elena Sofia Ricci, Sean Penn, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Law, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Nanni Moretti, Filippo Scotti, Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese, Frank Langella and Jane Fonda.
Known for
Directing44
movieLa Grazia
2025
Director
movieParthenope
2024
Director
tvSei pezzi facili
2022
Director
movieThe Hand of God
2021
Director
tvHomemade
2020
Director
tvThe New Pope
2020
Director
movieLoro
2018
Director
movieLoro 2
2018
Director
movieLoro 1
2018
Director
movieKiller in Red
2017
Director
tvThe Young Pope
2016
Director
movieYouth
2015
Director
movieLe voci di dentro
2014
Stage Director, Director
movieSabbia
2014
Director
movieRio, I Love You
2014
Director
movieThe Dream
2014
Director
movieThe Great Beauty
2013
Director
movieThis Must Be the Place
2011
Director
movieIn the Mirror
2011
Director
Napoli 24
2010
Director
movieThe Slow Game
2009
Director
movieIl Divo
2008
Director
movieThe Family Friend
2006
Director
movieFiat Croma
2005
Director
movieSaturday, Sunday & Monday
2004
Stage Director, Director
movieThe Long Night
2001
Director
movieOne Man Up
2001
Director
movieLove Has No Bounds
1998
Director
Drogheria
1995
First Assistant Director
movieParadise
1994
Director
movieLadri di futuro
1992
First Assistant Director
Writing29
movieLa Grazia
2025
Writer
movieL'infinito
2025
Screenplay
movieParthenope
2024
Writer
movieRoma, santa e dannata
2023
Creative Producer
movieThe Hand of God
2021
Screenplay
tvHomemade
2020
Writer
tvThe New Pope
2020
Writer
movieLoro
2018
Writer
movieLoro 2
2018
Writer
movieLoro 1
2018
Writer
movieKiller in Red
2017
Screenplay
tvThe Young Pope
2016
Writer
movieYouth
2015
Writer
movieRio, I Love You
2014
Writer
movieThe Dream
2014
Writer
movieThe Great Beauty
2013
Screenplay
movieIn the Mirror
2011
Writer
movieThe Slow Game
2009
Screenplay
movieIl Divo
2008
Screenplay
movieThe Family Friend
2006
Screenplay
movieThe Consequences of Love
2004
Screenplay
movieThe Long Night
2001
Writer
movieOne Man Up
2001
Screenplay
movieThe Dust of Naples
1998
Screenplay
movieParadise
1994
Writer
Acting19
tvFaut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Self - Guest
movieMCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieWe Are Cinema
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieThree Touches
2014
se stesso
movieThe Great Beauty
2013
Comparsa
movieA Matter of Heart
2009
se stesso
tvBoris
2007
himself
movieThe Caiman
2006
il marito di Aidra in "Cataratte"
Production12
movieLa Grazia
2025
Producer
tvMussolini: Son of the Century
2025
Executive Producer
movieThe Flood
2024
Associate Producer
movieParthenope
2024
Producer
movieI Told You So
2024
Producer
movieLost Love
2023
Producer
movieThe Hand of God
2021
Producer
tvThe New Pope
2020
Executive Producer
tvMy Brilliant Friend
2018
Executive Producer
Nature: Consuelo
2005
Supervising Producer
movieMan Who Check the Meter
1995
Assistant Unit Manager
Foa
Producer
Creator3
Crew2
movieAmanda
2022
Thanks
movieThe Other Half
2009
Presenter
Camera1
Sventramento
1995
Director of Photography