Stefano Sollima
| Stefano Sollima | |
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 Sollima at the 2012 International Journalism Festival in Perugia | |
| Born |
Stefano Sollima 4 May 1966 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Film director, television director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1991-present |
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Stefano Sollima (born 4 May 1966) is an Italian film and television director. He is best known for his crime-drama works such as Romanzo criminale - La serie (2006–2008), ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards (2012), the Gomorrah TV series (2014–2016), and Suburra (2015).
Early life
Born in Rome, Sollima is the son of the director and screenwriter Sergio Sollima.[1][2] He started his career as a camera operator realizing numerous reports from war zones for several television networks, including CNN, CBS, and NBC.[2]
Career
In 1991 Sollima debuted as a director with the short film Grazie, which was awarded at the Turin Film Festival. His following short films were selected in important festivals, including Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and Sitges Film Festival.[2]
Active as a television director since 1998, he had his breakout in 2008, thanks to the critical success of the Sky Cinema series Romanzo criminale – La serie.[1][2] In 2012 Sollima made his feature film debut with the crime-drama ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards about police brutality in Italy, which got him a David di Donatello nomination for Best New Director and a Nastro d'Argento nomination for the same recipient.[3] In 2014 Sollima was chosen as main director for Sky Cinema's acclaimed TV series Gomorrah, based on the 2006 non-fiction book of the same name by Roberto Saviano.[1][2] After directing various episodes of the first and the second season of the show, Sollima dropped out in 2016 due to schedule conflicts with his other future projects.[4]
In 2015, Sollima directed the crime drama Suburra, produced by Netflix and Cattleya, which got him another Nastro d'Argento nomination, this time for Best Director. A 10-episode TV series based on the movie will debut in 2017, being the first Italian Netflix Original Series.[5][6] In 2016 Sollima was also set to direct crime-drama ZeroZeroZero,[7] based on a non-fiction book by Roberto Saviano about illegal drug trade in Mexico and South America.
He will make his English language debut with action-crime thriller Soldado, an anthological sequel to Denis Villeneuve's Sicario.[4] The film, which stars Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, began principal photography on November 2016 in New Mexico.[8]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Credited as | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | |||
| 1991 | Grazie | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1992 | Ipocrites | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 1993 | Sotto le unghie | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2003 | Zippo | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2012 | ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards | Yes | Nominated - David di Donatello for Best New Director Nominated - Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director | |
| 2015 | Suburra | Yes | Nominated - Nastro d'Argento for Best Director | |
| 2018 | Soldado | Yes | Post-production | |
Television
| Year(s) | Title | Credited as | Note(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | |||
| 1999 | Un posto al sole | Yes | unknown episodes | |
| 2003–2007 | La squadra | Yes | 7 episodes | |
| 2005 | Ho sposato un calciatore | Yes | 4 episodes | |
| 2006–2007 | Crimini | Yes | 3 episodes | |
| 2008–2010 | Romanzo criminale - La serie | Yes | 22 episodes | |
| 2009 | Mal'aria | Yes | TV film | |
| 2014–2016 | Gomorrah | Yes | 10 episodes | |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Artist | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Distratto | Francesca Michielin | [9] |
References
- 1 2 3 Andrea Di Quarto (17 June 2015). "Gomorra 2, parla il regista Stefano Sollima". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Fabio Secchi Frau. "Stefano Sollima". MyMovies. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ↑ Alberto del Giudice (13 April 2012). "David di Donatello 2012, Giordana, Moretti e Sorrentino i favoriti". GQ (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- 1 2 Jacob Stolworthy (14 June 2016). "Stefano Sollima interview: Sicario 'sequel' Soldado will be a different journey in the same world'". The Independent. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ↑ Nancy Tartaglione. "Netflix Orders Suburra; First Italian Original Hails From Gomorrah Creators". Deadline.com. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ George Szlai (5 October 2015). "Netflix Orders First Italian Original Series Suburra". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ↑ Silvia Fumarola (12 May 2015). "Ritorno a Gomorra, sul set della seconda serie: è il momento delle signore della camorra". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ↑ Goundry, Nick (November 8, 2016). "Sicario sequel starts filming in New Mexico". KFTV News. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Argentero nel video di Francesca (X Factor)". ANSA. 24 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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