Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film ''

L'amore molesto ''Nasty Love'' ( it, L'amore molesto) (released in the United States as ''Troubling Love'', is a 1995 Italian thriller film directed by Mario Martone. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name, ...

'' was entered into the

1995 Cannes Film Festival The 48th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 1995. The Palme d'Or went to '' Underground'' by Emir Kusturica. The festival opened with ''La Cité des enfants perdus'', directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and closed with '' The Quick and t ...

. His 2010 film '' Noi credevamo'' competed for the

Golden Lion The Golden Lion ( it, Leone d'oro) is the highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival. The prize was introduced in 1949 by the organizing committee and is now regarded as one of the film industry's most prestigious and distinguishe ...

at the

67th Venice International Film Festival The 67th annual Venice International Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, took place from 1 to 11 September 2010. American film director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino was the head of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Darren Aro ...

. He was also the stage director for

Lorenzo Ferrero Lorenzo Ferrero (; born 1951) is an Italian composer, librettist, author, and book editor. He started composing at an early age and has written over a hundred compositions thus far, including twelve operas, three ballets, and numerous orchestral ...

's opera ''

Charlotte Corday Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known as Charlotte Corday (), was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed by guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, who w ...

'', which was premiered at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989. His 2014 film '' Leopardi'' has been selected to compete for the

at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

Filmography

* '' Perfidi incanti'' (1985) * ''

Nella città barocca Nella is a feminine given name which may refer to: People * Nella Maria Bonora (1904–1990), Italian actress * Nella Giacomelli (1873–1949), Italian anarchist * Nella Larsen (1891–1964), American modernist novelist born Nelly Walker * Nell ...

'' (1985) * ''

Morte di un matematico napoletano ''Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician'' ( it, Morte di un matematico napoletano) is a 1992 Italian drama film, written and directed by Mario Martone. The film earned nine awards and was nominated for two, with director and writer Mario Marton ...

'' (1992) * '' Rasoi'' (1993) * '' Miracoli, storie per corti'' (1994) * '' L'unico paese al mondo'' (1994) * ''

'' (1995) * '' Una storia Saharawi'' (1996) * ''

I vesuviani ''The Vesuvians'' ( it, I vesuviani) is a 1997 Italian anthology film directed by Antonio Capuano, Pappi Corsicato, Antonietta de Lillo, Stefano Incerti and Mario Martone. It consists of five segments, all set in Naples. It was entered into the m ...

'' (1997) * '' La terra trema'' (1998) * ''

Teatro di guerra ''Rehearsals for War'' ( it, Teatro di guerra) is a 1998 Italian drama film directed by Mario Martone. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Andrea Renzi - Leo * Iaia Forte - Luisella Cielo * ...

'' (1998) * '' Lulu'' (2001) * '' L'odore del sangue'' (2004) * '' Caravaggio, l'ultimo tempo'' (2005) * '' Noi credevamo'' (2010) * '' Leopardi'' (2014) * ''

Capri-Revolution ''Capri-Revolution'' is a 2018 Italian-French period drama film co-written and directed by Mario Martone. It was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the 75th Venice International Film Festival. Plot In 1914, with Italy a ...

'' (2018) * '' The Mayor of Rione Sanità'' (2019) * '' Qui rido io'' (2021) * ''

Nostalgia Nostalgia is a sentimentality for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations. The word ''nostalgia'' is a learned formation of a Greek compound, consisting of (''nóstos''), meaning "homecoming", a Homeric wor ...

'' (2022)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martone, Mario 1959 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters David di Donatello winners Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners