Paolo Sorrentino

Paolo Sorrentino (b. 1970, Naples, Italy) worked, early in his career, as a screenwriter with Neapolitan dramatists and filmmakers. In 1998 he made the short film Love Knows No Bounds, which garnered numerous awards. His feature film debut One Man Up (L'uomo in più) was screened in competition at Venice in 2001 and the following year at KVIFF. His works have regularly competed at Cannes since his film The Consequences of Love was included in 2004 in the programme for this, the most important international film festival: The Family Friend (L'amico di famiglia, 2006), Il divo (2008, Jury Prize), This Must Be the Place (2011), The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza, 2013; Oscar for the Best Foreign Film) and Youth (2015). Sorrentino is also a respected author; in 2010 he published his first novel Everybody's Right, followed two years later by Tony Pagoda and His Friends.

50. MFF Karlovy Vary