Edoardo Ponti was born on 6 January 1973 and is an Italian director.
11 Facts About Edoardo Ponti
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Edoardo Ponti is the younger son of actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti Sr.
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Edoardo Ponti studied at Aiglon College in Switzerland and graduated in 1990.
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Between Strangers was the first feature film which Edoardo Ponti wrote and directed.
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Edoardo Ponti earned the best first-time filmmaker award from the Newport Beach Film Festival, as well as an award of merit from the Los Angeles Italian Film Festival.
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In 2012, Edoardo Ponti directed, Il Turno di Notte lo fanno le stelle, his first Italian-language film, written by Erri De Luca, and starring Nastassja Kinski, Enrico Lo Verso, and Julian Sands.
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Edoardo Ponti was attached to direct the British motion picture Payment Deferred starring Malcolm McDowell based on CS Forester's bestselling novel and the period piece Behind her Smile produced by Fred Roos.
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The first short Edoardo Ponti wrote and directed, Liv, was executive produced by Robert Altman and Michelangelo Antonioni, and was premiered at the Venice International Film Festival.
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Edoardo Ponti wrote and directed an opera with renowned Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner titled Requiem for my Friend, for which Warner Bros.
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Edoardo Ponti next directed The Life Ahead starring Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Abril Zamora, Renato Carpentieri and Babak Karimi, based upon the novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary, for Netflix.
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On 12 August 2007, Edoardo Ponti married actress Sasha Alexander in Geneva.