Paolo Sorrentino

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paolo Sorrentino
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	May 31, 1970(1970-05-31)
Age	54
Birthplace	Naples
Country	Italy
Birth City	Campania
Horoscope	Taurus

Paolo Sorrentino Biography

Paolo Sorrentino is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on May 31, 1970 in Naples, Campania, Italy. Sorrentino was born in Naples in the city of Arenella in the year 1970. He was an orphan after losing both parents when he was 16 years old. The first film he wrote as screenwriter The Dust of Naples came out in the year 1998. He also began directing short movies, including L’amore non ha confini in 1998 and La notte lunga in 2001. His first feature-length film is One Man Up (L’uomo in piu) in which he won the Nastro D’Argento Prize.

The film that follows Sorrentino’s, The Family Friend (L’amico of famiglia) It was screened during The Cannes Film Festival in May as well as the London Film Festival in October in the year 2006. The film tells the story of a sly septuagenarian loan shark who has an obsession with the gorgeous daughter of one of his customers.

This Must Be the Place marked the English-language feature debut of the Italian filmmaker. The plot centres around 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.

His 2013 film The Great Beauty (La Grande Bellezza) won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in the 2014 Academy Awards. It won the BAFTA award for Best Film Not in the English Language in the 67th British Academy Film Awards. 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.

Sorrentino was the first actor to make his debut by making his appearance as a cameo in Nanni Moretti’s movie The Caiman (Il caimano) and was also shown in 2006 at the London Film Festival.

Paolo Sorrentino Net Worth

Paolo Sorrentino is one of the richest Film Director from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paolo Sorrentino 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Paolo Sorrentino (Italian: [‘pa:olo sorren’ti:no] ; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and writer. The movie La Grande Bellezza won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In Italy He was awarded the David di Donatello and six Nastro d’Argento.

The actor gained worldwide recognition with his film The Consequences of Love (Le Conseguenze dell’amore). This film focuses on the mind of a businessman who is made a pawn for the Mafia, was awarded numerous prizes and received nominations for Palme d’Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.

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

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Who is Paolo Sorrentino Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Paolo Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Paolo Sorrentino celebrates birthday on May 31 of every year.

What made Paolo Sorrentino famous?

He achieved international recognition in 2004 for his thriller The Consequences of Love (Le conseguenze dell’amore). 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.

What happened to Paolo Sorrentino parents?

That weekend, Sorrentino’s father and mother died from an accidental carbon monoxide leak , a fate that would have befell Sorrentino if he weren’t a season ticket holder at Napoli.

Is Paolo Sorrentino good?

Sorrentino made a successful feature film debut, the comedy-drama One Man Up, in the 2001. Since then, he’s made many brilliant movies, receiving nominations at numerous festivals and awards ceremonies, and winning an Oscar for The Great Beauty; he most recently earned an Oscar nomination for The Hand of God.

Is The Hand of God autobiographical?

That story, in Sorrentino’s sprawling new autobiographical movie , “The Hand of God,” is a coming-of-age tale in which we find Fabietto Schisa (Filippo Scotti), a shy teenager meandering happily through his native Naples, comfortably surrounded by his boisterous family, and preoccupied by sex and soccer.

What does Sorrentino mean?

Sorrentino (Italian: [sorrenˈtiːno]) is a surname of Italian origin, meaning literally “Sorrentinian” or “from Sorrento”. Notable people with the surname include: Andrea Sorrentino (born 1982), Italian comic book artist.