Matteo Garrone

Camera and Electrical Department, Director, Writer

Birthdate: Oct 15, 1968

Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Matteo Garrone was born in Rome in 1968. He is the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone, and a photographer. In 1996 he won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette (1996), that became one of the three episodes of his first feature film Land in Between (1996). He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah (2008). His film Reality (2012) competed in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix. His latest film Tale of Tales (2015) was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Matteo Garrone Movies

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2024 |
Io Capitano
Io Capitano
2024
Other
2h 1m
Drama
7.6
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
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2020 |
Pinocchio
Pinocchio
2020
PG-13
2h 5m
Drama, Family, Fantasy
6.3
Old woodcarver Geppetto's puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.
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2019 |
First Love
First Love
2019
TV-MA
1h 48m
Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
6.7
A young boxer and a call girl get caught up in a drug-smuggling scheme over the course of one night in Tokyo.
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2019 |
Dogman
Dogman
2019
Other
1h 43m
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.2
A timid dog groomer living in a poor suburb sells cocaine on the side and stays out of trouble, while trying to deal with his unstable, violent acquaintance who is a menace to the whole neighborhood.
2016 |
Tale of Tales
Tale of Tales
2016
R
2h 14m
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
6.4
From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.