Paolo Sorrentino
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Paolo Sorrentino (born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and writer, known for such films as La Grande Bellezza (2013).
Sorrentino's direction and screenplays, including Il divo, The Consequences of Love, The Family Friend, This Must Be the Place and the 2016 TV series The Young Pope, have received three Cannes Lions, three Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards.
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, Fanny Ardant, Isabella Ferrari, Elena Sofia Ricci, Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Law, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Nanni Moretti, Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese and Frank Langella.
He has also worked with songwriters Antonello Venditti, Paloma Faith and Mark Kozelek and written three books which were published in Italian.
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Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Role | Notes |
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| 1998 | The Dust of Naples | Template:Yes | |||
| 2001 | One Man Up | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2004 | The Consequences of Love | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2006 | The Family Friend | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2006 | The Caiman | Aida's Husband | |||
| 2008 | Il Divo | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2009 | A Question of the Heart | Alberto's Friend | |||
| 2011 | This Must Be The Place | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2013 | The Great Beauty | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2014 | Rio, I Love You | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Segment: La Fortuna | |
| 2015 | Youth | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2018 | Loro | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | ||
| 2021 | The Hand of God | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
Short films and documentaries
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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| 1994 | Template:Interlanguage link | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Short film |
| 1998 | Template:Interlanguage link | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Short film |
| 2001 | La notte lunga | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Short film |
| 2002 | La primavera del 2002. L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma | Template:Yes | Documentary | |
| 2004 | Giovani talenti italiani | Template:Yes | Documentary Segment: Quando le cose vanno male | |
| 2009 | Template:Interlanguage link | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Short film |
| 2009 | L'Aquila 2009. Cinque registi tra le macerie | Template:Yes | Documentary Segment: L'assegnazione delle tende | |
| 2010 | Template:Interlanguage link | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Documentary Segment: La principessa di Napoli |
| 2011 | In the Mirror | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Commercial for Yamamay |
| 2014 | Sabbia | Template:Yes | Commercial for Armani | |
| 2014 | The Dream | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Commercial for Bulgari |
| 2017 | Killer in Red | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Commercial for Campari |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Role | Notes |
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| 2000 | La squadra | Template:Yes | 2 episodes | ||
| 2004 | Sabato, domenica e lunedì | Template:Yes | Television film | ||
| 2010 | Boris | Himself | Episode: "Nella rete" | ||
| 2014 | Le voci di dentro | Template:Yes | Television film | ||
| 2016 | The Young Pope | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | 10 episodes; also creator | |
| 2019 | The New Pope | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | 9 episodes; also creator | |
| 2020 | Homemade | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Episode: "Voyage Au Bout De La Nuit" |
