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'Giovanni (Nanni) Moretti' (born August 19, 1953) is an Italian film director, producer and actor.

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Biography

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Partial filmography

Biography

Born in Bruneck-Brunico but resident for his whole life in Rome, he is known for his films ''Caro diario'' (''Dear Diary'', 1994; followed in 1996 by a sequel, ''Aprile'') and ''La stanza del figlio'' (''The Son's Room'', 2001), the latter of which won the 2001 Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is well known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself— qualities for which he has been called "the Italian Woody Allen."[1]
Probably Moretti's more important and original works are ''La messa è finita'' and ''Bianca''.
Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist: in 2002 he organized massive street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi.[2] His most recent movie, ''Il caimano'' (2006), is in part about Berlusconi's controversies: in one of the three portraits of the former Italian prime minister Moretti himself plays Berlusconi.[3]
He lives in Rome, where he is co-owner of a small movie theater, Nuovo Sacher. The short film, ''Il Giorno della prima di Close Up'' (''Opening Day of Close-Up'', 1996), shows Moretti at his theatre attempting to encourage patrons to attend the opening day of Abbas Kiarostami's film, ''Close Up''.
He is the brother of the scholar Franco Moretti, who teaches at Stanford University in California.

Trivia

Moretti played waterpolo in the B division of the Italian championship. His experience later inspired his film ''Palombella Rossa'' (the "palombella", literally "little pigeon", referring to a lob-effect shot).

External links

★ Interview with Nanni Moretti with his own thoughts on his films

Partial filmography

★ ''Io sono un autarchico ''("I Am Self Sufficient", 1976)

★ ''Ecce bombo'' (1978)

★ ''Bianca'' (1984)

★ ''La messa è finita'' (1985)

★ ''Palombella rossa'' (1989)

★ ''Caro diario'' (1994)

★ ''Aprile'' (1996)

★ ''Il Giorno della prima di Close Up'' (1996 short)

★ ''La stanza del figlio'' (''The Son's Room'', 2001)

★ ''Il caimano'' (2006)