Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker. Early life. Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi. Career. In 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997. Garrone won the European Film Award for Best Director and the David di Donatello for Best Director for Gomorrah (2008). His film Reality (2012) won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
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Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker. Early life. Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi. Career. In 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with the short film Silhouette, that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997. Garrone won the European Film Award for Best Director and the David di Donatello for Best Director for Gomorrah (2008). His film Reality (2012) won the Grand Prix at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
