Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953; Brunico) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Son's Room", a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for "The Mass is Ended" and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for "Sweet Dreams", in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for "Caro diario" in 1994, "The Son's Room" in 2001 and "Il caimano" in 2006).
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953; Brunico) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Son's Room", a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for "The Mass is Ended" and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for "Sweet Dreams", in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for "Caro diario" in 1994, "The Son's Room" in 2001 and "Il caimano" in 2006).
Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two passions, the cinema and water polo. Having finished his studies he pursued a career as a producer, and in 1973 directed his first two short films: Pâté de bourgeois and The Defeat (La sconfitta). In 1976, Nanni Moretti's first feature film Io sono un autarchico (I Am Self-Sufficient) was released. In 1978, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie Ecce Bombo, which tells the story of a student having problems with his entourage. It was screened at the Cannes Festival. Sogni d'oro won the Silver Lion at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. La messa è finita won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. He may be best known for his films Caro diario (Dear Diary, 1993; followed in 1998 by a sequel, Aprile) and La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room, 2001), the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Moretti has used certain actors several times in his films, generally playing minor roles. His father Luigi appears in 6 films, Dario Cantarelli and Mauro Fabretti in 5, Antonio Petrocelli in 4. More notable Italian actors he has employed frequently in his films include Silvio Orlando, who appears in 5 films (including the role of protagonist in Il caimano) and Laura Morante, who was featured in Sogni d'oro, Bianca and The Son's Room.[citation needed]. Having played waterpolo in the B division of the Italian championship, his experience later inspired his film Palombella Rossa ("palombella," which literally means "little pigeon," refers to a type of lob shot). His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself. His most recent role was in the film Mia Madre (My Mother, 2015) Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist. In 2002, he organized street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. Il caimano (2006) is in part about Berlusconi's controversies: in one of the three portraits of the Italian prime minister Moretti himself plays Berlusconi. Aprile also deals with Italy's political situation and Moretti's views on it. His 2011 film We Have a Pope screened In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
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Filmography (Movies)
Buio in sala
Character:
Release Date:19/10/2025
Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:28/08/2024
A Brighter Tomorrow
Character:Giovanni
Release Date:20/04/2023
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
Character:
Release Date:28/11/2022
The Hummingbird
Character:Daniele Carradori
Release Date:14/10/2022
Las Leonas
Character:Sé stesso
Release Date:31/08/2022
We Are Cinema
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:16/12/2021
Senza troppo recitare la follia
Character:
Release Date:02/12/2021
Three Floors
Character:Vittorio
Release Date:23/09/2021
Santiago, Italia
Character:Self
Release Date:06/12/2018
Dalla quercia alla palma - 40 anni di Padre Padrone
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/10/2017
Evviva Giuseppe
Character:Himself
Release Date:04/09/2017
Piazza Mazzini
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2017
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2017
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/2016
Venanzio Revolt: I miei primi 80 anni di cinema
Character:Narrator
Release Date:09/03/2016
Filmstudio, mon amour
Character:Sé stesso
Release Date:21/10/2015
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Character:Self
Release Date:20/05/2015
My Mother
Character:Giovanni
Release Date:16/04/2015
Tutte le storie di Piera
Character:
Release Date:26/06/2014
Girlfriend in a Coma
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2012
A Special Day
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/2012
Voi siete qui
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/2011
We Have a Pope
Character:Dott. Brezzi
Release Date:15/04/2011
Quiet Chaos
Character:Pietro Paladini
Release Date:08/02/2008
Film Quiz
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2008
To Each His Own Cinema
Character:Nanni Moretti (segment "Diario di uno spettatore")
Release Date:31/10/2007
The Last Championship
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2007
Say Something Left-Wing
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/2007
The Caiman
Character:Nanni Moretti / Silvio Berlusconi
Release Date:24/03/2006
Te lo leggo negli occhi
Character:Cliente negozio
Release Date:03/09/2004
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
Character:Self
Release Date:16/04/2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:02/04/2003
The Son's Room
Character:Giovanni
Release Date:09/03/2001
Aprile
Character:Self
Release Date:27/03/1998
Three Lives and Only One Death
Character:Barman
Release Date:15/05/1996
Opening Day of Close-Up
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/02/1996
The Second Time
Character:Alberto Sajevo
Release Date:26/10/1995
The Only Country In The World
Character:Cesare Botero / Self
Release Date:31/12/1994
Dear Diary
Character:Nanni Moretti
Release Date:12/11/1993
Caro Nanni
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1993
The Yes Man
Character:Cesare Botero
Release Date:05/04/1991
Red Wood Pigeon
Character:Michele Apicella
Release Date:15/09/1989
It's Happening Tomorrow
Character:Matteo, il carbonaio
Release Date:18/05/1988
The Mass Is Ended
Character:Don Giulio
Release Date:15/11/1985
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1985
Riso in bianco – Nanni Moretti atleta di se stesso
Character:Self
Release Date:13/09/1984
Bianca
Character:Michele Apicella
Release Date:23/02/1984
Sweet Dreams
Character:Michele Apicella
Release Date:10/09/1981
Ecce Bombo
Character:Michele Apicella
Release Date:08/03/1978
Padre Padrone
Character:Cesare
Release Date:20/05/1977
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
Character:Himself
Release Date:16/02/1977
I Am Self-Sufficient
Character:Michele Apicella
Release Date:14/12/1976
How Do You Speak, Brother?
Character:Don Rodrigo
Release Date:01/01/1974
Defeat
Character:
Release Date:01/12/1973
Bourgeois Pâté
Character:Il ragazzo con la cinepresa
Release Date:01/01/1973
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