Giulio Manfredonia (born 3 November 1967 in Rome) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Manfredonia is the nephew of director

Luigi Comencini Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007)
''The Guardian'' was an Italian

. After working on several films as assistant director to

Antonio Albanese Antonio Albanese (born 10 October 1964 in Olginate, Province of Lecco), is an Italian comedian, actor, director and writer. Biography Born in Lombardy to Sicilian parents, he studied at the Civic Drama School in Milan, then opted to pursue an ...

, Luigi Comencini, and

Cristina Comencini Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist. Biography She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rome) ...

, Manfredonia made his debut as director in 2001 with the comedy ''Se fossi in te'' (If I Were You). He followed this in 2004 with ''È già ieri'' (It's Already Yesterday), a remake of the 1993 American comedy ''

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'', with Antonio Albanese reprising Bill Murray's role. In 2008, he directed '' Si può fare''. In 2011, 2012, and 2019, he worked with Albanese again in the films ''

Qualunquemente ''Qualunquemente'' is a 2011 Italian satirical comedy film starring comedian Antonio Albanese as his famous character Cetto La Qualunque, a sleazy Southern Italy politician. The title means "whichever-ly" (adding ungrammatical adverbial endings i ...

'' (Whatever), ''

Tutto tutto niente niente ''Tutto tutto niente niente'' is a 2012 Italian film starring comedian Antonio Albanese as his famous character Cetto La Qualunque, a sleazy Southern Italy politician. Albanese also plays the roles of two other main characters: Rodolfo Favaretto ...

'' (Everything Everything Nothing Nothing), and ''Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente'' (It's Cetto, Without a Doubt) respectively.

Filmography

As assistant director * ''La fame e la sete'' (1999) As director * ''È già ieri'' (2004) * ''

'' (2012) * ''

Mafia and Red Tomatoes ''Mafia and Red Tomatoes'' ( it, La nostra terra) is a 2014 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giulio Manfredonia and starring Stefano Accorsi, and Sergio Rubini. Plot Cast * Stefano Accorsi as Filippo *Sergio Rubini as Cosimo ...

'' (2014) * ''

Non dirlo al mio capo ''Non dirlo al mio capo'' ("Don't Tell My Boss") is an Italian TV series, co-produced by Rai Fiction and Lux Vide, which was broadcast in Italy between April and May 2016. Plot Naples. Lisa Marcelli is a young widow that is looking for a job and ...

'' (2016 - 12 episodes) * ''

Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente ''Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente'' is a 2019 Italian satirical comedy film starring Antonio Albanese as his character Cetto La Qualunque. It is the third film of a trilogy which came after the movies ''Qualunquemente'' and '' Tutto tutto niente ni ...

'' (2019) As director and screenwriter * ''Se fossi in te'' (2001) * '' Si può fare'' (2008) * ''

'' (2011) As screenwriter * ''Tanti auguri'' (short film) (1998) * '' Giornalisti'' (TV series) (2000) * ''Di me cosa ne sai'' (2009)

Awards and recognition

Nastro d'Argento The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...

- Best Short Film for ''Tanti auguri'' (1999) *

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

- EIUC Prize - with

Giobbe Covatta Gianni Maria Covatta (born 11 June 1956), best known as Giobbe Covatta, is an Italian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and politician. Life and career Born in Taranto and raised in Naples, after appearing in a number of other variety shows Covatt ...

(2005) *

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...

(2009) ** David Youth Award for '' Si può fare'' ** Nominated for

David di Donatello for Best Film The David di Donatello Award for Best Film (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior film'') is one of the David di Donatello awards presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI). The award recognizes the most outstanding Ita ...

for ''Si può fare'' ** Nominated for

David di Donatello for Best Director The David di Donatello Award for Best Director (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior regista'') is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding dire ...

for ''Si può fare'' ** Nominated for David di Donatello for Best Screenplay for ''Si può fare'' * FICE Award for ''Si può fare'' (2009) *

(2009) ** Best Theme for ''Si può fare'' ** Nominated for Best Comedy for ''Si può fare'' * Golden Graal - Best Comedy Director for ''Si può fare'' * Festival du cinéma italien de Bastia (2010) ** Special mention for ''Si può fare'' ** Nominated for Grand Jury Prize for ''Si può fare'' *

(2011) ** Nominated for Best Comedy for ''

References

External links

* 1967 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters {{Italy-film-director-stub