Vittorio Moroni Explained

Vittorio Moroni
Birth Date:1971
Birth Place:Sondrio, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter

Vittorio Moroni (born 1971 in Sondrio) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

He has directed three feature films, Tu devi essere il lupo (You Must Be the Wolf) that was nominated for the David di Donatello for Best New Director and Silver Ribbon in 2006 shot in Sondrio and Lisbon, Le ferie di Licu (Licu’s Holidays) shot in Rome and Bangladesh, for which he was nominated for the 2007 Silver Ribbon for best documentary, and the 2009's Eva e Adamo (Eve and Adam).

As a screenwriter, he has twice won the Premio Solinas, with Il sentiero del gatto (The Path of the Cat) (1998) and Una rivoluzione (One Revolution) (2002). In 2009 he received a scholarship for the treatment Se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui (If i close my eyes I am not here anymore) and he was two times finalist with L’intruso (The Intruder) (2002) and Senza guardare giù (Without Looking Down) (2010). In 2010, he wrote with Emanuele Crialese the screenplay Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese (Special Jury Award Venezia 2011 and Italian film candidated to Oscar Awards 2012) and he wrote with Alessandro Gassmann the screenplay for Alessandro Gassman’s film Roman e il suo cucciolo. In 2009 he won the award for drama SIAE-AGIS-ETI with the theater piece La terza vita (The Third Life), staged in Italian theaters from 2011. Among the short films made, Eccesso di zelo (Too Much Zeal) (1997) won awards at many festivals - including the Nanni Moretti’s Sacher Silver Award and Universal Studios Award, which allowed Moroni to make a masterclass at the studios of Universal Pictures in Hollywood.

Filmography

YearOriginal titleEnglish titleOther notes
1995 Quasi una storia Almost a Story Short film
1997 Eccesso di zelo Too Much Zeal Short film
1998 La terra vista da Marte Short film
1999 Disperanze, Lettera dall'India Desperate Hopes. A letter from India Short film
1999 L'incontro documentary
2000 Black Tiger Black Tiger Documentary
2002 Sulle tracce del gatto On the Trail of the Cat Documentary, co-directed with Andrea Caccia
2003 Prove di danza per una musica nuova Experimental Dance for a New Music Documentary
2004 Tu devi essere il lupo You Must Be the Wolf Feature film
2006 Le ferie di Licu Licu’s Holidays Narrative documentary
2009 Eva e Adamo Eve and Adam Narrative documentary
2013 Se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui If i close my eyes I am not here anymore Feature film
2022 Denise Denise Documentary series (4 episodes 60')
2022 N'en parlons plus Let's forget it Narrative documentary
2023 L'invenzione della neve The invention of snow Feature film

Screenwriter

YearOriginal titleOther notes
2022 'L'immensita Feature film
2013 'Se chiudo gli occhi non sono più qui Feature film
2012'Razzabastarda Feature film
2011 'Terraferma Feature film
2009 'Eva e Adamo Documentary
2006 'Le ferie di Licu Documentary
2004 'Tu devi essere il lupo Feature film
1997 'Eccesso di zelo

Theater

YearOriginal title
2009 'La terza vita
2011 'Il grande mago
2021 'Penso che un sogno così non ritorni mai più

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