11 Facts About Paolo Sorrentino

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Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer.

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Paolo Sorrentino has worked with songwriters Antonello Venditti, Paloma Faith and Mark Kozelek and written three books published in Italian.

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Paolo Sorrentino was born in the Arenella district of Naples in 1970, and was orphaned at age 16 after losing both of his parents.

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Paolo Sorrentino began directing short movies, including L'amore non ha confini in 1998 and La notte lunga in 2001.

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Paolo Sorrentino achieved international recognition in 2004 for his thriller The Consequences of Love.

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Paolo Sorrentino made his acting debut the same year with a cameo appearance in Nanni Moretti's film The Caiman, which was shown at the 2006 London Film Festival.

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Paolo Sorrentino's following film, Il Divo, is a dramatised biopic of Giulio Andreotti, the controversial Italian politician.

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In 2009, it was announced Paolo Sorrentino wrote the screenplay for a film version of Niccolo Ammaniti's novel Ti prendo e ti porto via.

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In 2019, it was announced that Paolo Sorrentino would be directing Jennifer Lawrence as mob informant Arlyne Brickman in Mob Girl.

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Paolo Sorrentino will be working as a co-producer on the film with Lawrence, as well as co-writing the screenplay.

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In 2015, Paolo Sorrentino was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters at the American University of Rome.