Director
Mario Martone
November 20, 1959 · Naples, Campania, Italy
Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959; Naples) is an Italian film/theatre director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film "Troubling Love" (1995) was entered into the 48th Cannes Film Festival. His film "We Believed" (2010) competed for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. His film "Nostalgia" (2022) entered into the 75th Cannes Film Festival for the first time in 24 years. He was the stage director for Lorenzo Ferrero's opera Charlotte Corday, which was premiered at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989.
Notable work
Often works with
Toni Servillo
6 titles together
The King of Laughter, We Believed, Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
Iaia Forte
5 titles together
Leopardi, The King of Laughter, Rehearsals for War
Roberto De Francesco
5 titles together
The King of Laughter, The Mayor of Rione Sanità, We Believed
Anna Bonaiuto
5 titles together
We Believed, Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician, Troubling Love
Franco Javarone
3 titles together
Leopardi, Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician, The Vesuvians
Renato Carpentieri
3 titles together
We Believed, Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician, The Vesuvians
Full filmography · 35
Trick
Director
2026
Medea
Director
2025
Fuori
Writer and Director
20256.4
Per sempre al Massimo
cast
2024
Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo Jodice
Director and Writer
2023
Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera
cast
2023
Viva Viviani
as Sé stesso
2023
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
as Sé stesso and Director
20237.7
Nostalgia
Director
20226.8
La Bohème
Director
2022
The King of Laughter
Director
20217.4
Il barbiere di Siviglia
Director
2020