Gabriele Salvatores
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 30, 1950, Napoli, Italy
- Movies
- 36
Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award -winning film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples , Salvatores debuted as a theater director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989.
In that year, he directed his third feature film, Marrakech Express , which was followed in 1990 by Turné . Both films shared a group of actor-friends, including Diego Abatantuono and Fabrizio Bentivoglio , who will be present in many of his later movies. Turné was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1991, Salvatores received international praise for Mediterraneo , which won an Academy Award as best foreign film. It also won three David di Donatello , the most important award for Italian cinema, and a Nastro d'Argento .
Upcoming Gabriele Salvatores Movies
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Inter. Due Stelle sul Cuore | Self |
| 2021 | Ezio Bosso - Le cose che restano | Se stesso |
| 2019 | The Vanja Earthquake | |
| 2016 | Cinque mondi | Self |
| 2014 | Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani | Se stesso |
| 2008 | Effedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada | Self |
| 2004 | I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto | Self |
| 2002 | Il mondo alla rovescia: appunti sul cabaret milanese | Self |
| 1994 | The True Life of Antonio H. | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | Naples to New York | Director, Screenplay |
| 2023 | Casanova's Return | Screenplay, Director |
| 2021 | Comedians | Writer, Director |
| 2020 | Fuori era primavera: Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown | Director |
| 2019 | Volare | Director, Screenplay |
| 2018 | The Invisible Boy: Second Generation | Director |
| 2017 | Rossini: La Gazza Ladra - Teatro alla Scala | Director |
| 2014 | The Invisible Boy | Director |
| 2014 | Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani | Director |
| 2013 | Siberian Education | Screenplay, Director |
| 2010 | 1960 | Director, Writer, Screenplay |
| 2010 | Happy Family | Director, Screenplay |
| 2009 | Stella | Director |
| 2008 | As God Commands | Director, Screenplay |
| 2005 | Quo Vadis, Baby? | Director |
| 2003 | I'm Not Scared | Director |
| 2002 | Amnèsia | Director, Screenplay |
| 2000 | Teeth | Screenplay, Director |
| 1997 | Nirvana | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | Sud | Director, Screenplay |
| 1992 | Puerto Escondido | Director, Screenplay |
| 1991 | Mediterraneo | Director |
| 1990 | La domenica delle salme | Director |
| 1990 | Turné | Screenplay, Director |
| 1989 | Marrakech Express | Director |
| 1987 | Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan | Screenplay, Director |
| 1983 | Dream of a Summer Night | Director, Screenplay |
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