Paolo Sorrentino (Italian: ['pa?olo sorren'ti?no]; born 31 May 1970) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and writer.
Thank for his 2013 film La Grande Bellezza he won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA Award for Best Best Foreign Language Film.
In Italy he was honored with five David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento.
Sorrentino is worldwide acclamed for his direction and screenplay's works including Il divo, The Consequences of Love, The Family Friend, This Must Be the Place and the 2015 TV serie The Young Pope.
These works gave him numerous film festival accoldates, including three Cannes Lions, three Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards.
He works with many authors and producers like Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, Toni Servillo and Luca Bigazzi.
In his films stared numerouses italian and international actresses, including Sabrina Ferilli, Fanny Ardant, Isabella Ferrari, Elena Sofia Ricci, and actors, like Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Law, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Nanni Moretti, Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese and Frank Langella.
He also work with music songwriter such as Antonello Venditti, Paloma Faith and Mark Kozelek.
He also wrote three books in italian which made great success.