Pietro Contento Castellitto (born 16 December 1991) is an
Italian
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actor
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,
film director, and
screenwriter, son of actor and director
Sergio Castellitto and writer
Margaret Mazzantini
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.
Biography
Castellitto began his acting career in the early 2000s, in films directed by his father, such as ''
Don't Move''.
In 2020, Castellitto presented his directorial debut, ''
The Predators'', at the
''Horizons'' section of the
77th Venice Film Festival
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, where he received the Best Screenplay Award.
Partial filmography
Actor
Director
References
External links
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1991 births
Italian film directors
Italian screenwriters
Living people
Male actors from Rome
Sapienza University of Rome alumni
Irish people of Italian descent
Italian people of Irish descent