Daniele Luchetti

Daniele Luchetti (b. 1960, Rome) studied art history and later film direction at a school run by the Gaumont company, where he became one of the creators of the anthology film Juke Box (1983). In the comedy The Mass Is Ended (La messa è finita) he worked as an assistant director to Nanni Moretti, who later produced Luchetti's directorial debut Domani accadrà (It's Happening Tomorrow, 1988) which met with success at the festival in Cannes (Golden Camera - Special Mention). Luchetti also gained recognition with his The Yes Man (Il portaborse), which was selected for the main competition at Cannes in 1991 and awarded two Donatello's David national prizes. He won the same prize again for best film with La scuola (1995), in which he cast his favourite actor, Silvio Orlando.

MFF Karlovy Vary