10 Facts About Carlo Verdone

Carlo Gregorio Verdone was born on 17 November 1950 and is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.

Carlo Verdone is best known for his comedic roles in Italian classics, which he wrote and directed.

Carlo Verdone's career was jumpstarted by his first three successes, Un sacco bello, Bianco, rosso e Verdone and Borotalco .

Carlo Verdone was born in Rome to Mario Verdone, an important Italian film critic and academic, and studied at the Italian Liceo classico in Rome, having the future actor Christian De Sica as his deskmate.

Subsequently, Carlo Verdone earned a degree in Modern Literature at Sapienza University of Rome, the same university where his father taught, and a degree in Film Direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

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Carlo Verdone made his debut as a director in 1980 with the movie Un sacco bello, in which he played three different characters.

Carlo Verdone used the same formula of the first work in 1981, when he directed Bianco, rosso e Verdone, a funny movie about three different men during election day in Italy.

Carlo Verdone still maintains a privileged relationship with the canons of the Italian comedy, mixing those canons with a more committed type of movie making.

Carlo Verdone has two siblings: Luca, a film director, and Silvia, a film producer and wife of the actor Christian De Sica.

Carlo Verdone was a sympathizer until 1991, the year of its dissolution, of the Italian Socialist Party; he supports the Democratic Party, while maintaining ideological independence.