DOGMAN

Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker. Born in Rome, the son of a theater critic and a photographer, in 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d’Oro, an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti, with Silhouette, a short film became one of the three episodes that are on his first long feature, Terra di Mezzo in 1997. He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah (2008), among many other awards. His film Reality (2012) competed in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix. The Nastro d’argento awarded Garrone both Best Producer and Best Director for Dogman. He received the latter again for Pinocchio (2019).