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Paolo Sorrentino was born on 31 May, 1970 in Naples, Campania, Italy, is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Discover Paolo Sorrentino's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 53 years old?

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Occupation Film director screenwriter
Age 53 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 31 May 1970
Birthday 31 May
Birthplace Naples, Campania, Italy
Nationality Italy

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1967

It won the Bafta award for Best Film Not in the English Language in the 67th British Academy Film Awards.

1970

Paolo Sorrentino (born 31 May 1970) 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 was born in the Arenella district of Naples in 1970, and was orphaned at age 16 after losing both of his parents.

1998

His first film as a screenwriter, The Dust of Naples, was released in 1998.

He also began directing short movies, including L'amore non ha confini in 1998 and La notte lunga in 2001.

His feature-length debut was One Man Up, for which he was awarded the Nastro D'Argento prize.

2001

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).

2004

He achieved international recognition in 2004 for his thriller The Consequences of Love.

The film, which explores the mindset of a lonely businessman being used as a pawn by the Mafia, won many awards and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

2006

Sorrentino's next feature, The Family Friend, was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May and the London Film Festival in October 2006; it tells the story of a malicious septuagenarian loan shark who develops a fixation with the daughter of one of his customers.

Sorrentino made his acting debut the same year with a cameo appearance in Nanni Moretti's film The Caiman, which was also shown at the 2006 London Film Festival.

2008

Sorrentino's following film, Il Divo (2008), is a dramatised biopic of Giulio Andreotti, the controversial Italian politician.

The feature, which won the Prix du Jury at Cannes Film Festival, sees Sorrentino reunited with The Consequences of Love star Toni Servillo, who plays the part of Andreotti.

2009

The biographical drama Il Divo (2009) was awarded the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize.

In 2009, it was announced Sorrentino wrote the screenplay for a film version of Niccolò Ammaniti's novel Ti prendo e ti porto via (Steal You Away).

2011

This Must Be the Place (2011) marked the English-language feature debut of the Italian filmmaker.

The plot centres on a middle-aged, wealthy rock star, played by two-time Academy Award winner Sean Penn, who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding the guard of the German camp where his father was imprisoned, who now lives in hiding in the United States.

The film was co-written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello, and premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

2013

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.

His 2013 film The Great Beauty won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in the 2014 Academy Awards.

Jay Weissberg of Variety hailed the film as "a densely packed, often astonishing cinematic feast that honors Rome in all its splendor and superficiality."

It also won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

The film also received several accolades at the 2013 European Film Awards, including "Best Film" and "Best Director" for Sorrentino.

2015

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.

Sorrentino then directed Youth (2015), his second English-language film which features Michael Caine as a retired orchestra conductor.

The film also starred Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, and Jane Fonda.

It competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Kenneth Turan of NPR described the film as "a meditation on the wonders and complications of life, an examination of what matters to people, no matter what their age".

Sorrentino received the Nastro d'Argento for Best Director.

2016

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.

2019

In 2019, it was announced that Sorrentino would be directing Jennifer Lawrence as mob informant Arlyne Brickman in Mob Girl. The film is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Teresa Carpenter.

Sorrentino will also be working as a co-producer on the film with Lawrence, as well as co-writing the screenplay.

Sorrentino’s 2021 feature, The Hand of God, filmed in Naples, contains autobiographical elements.