Mario Martone

Director

Mario Martone

Born November 20, 1959 in Naples, Campania, Italy52 films

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.

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Essential films

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Filmography

52 films as director
  1. 2026TrickDirector
  2. 2025MedeaDirector
  3. 2025FuoriDirector
  4. 2025Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin - Teatro alla ScalaDirector
  5. 2023Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo JodiceDirector
  6. 2023Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes MeDirector
  7. 2022NostalgiaDirector
  8. 2022La BohèmeDirector
  9. 2021The King of LaughterDirector
  10. 2020Il barbiere di SivigliaDirector
  11. 2019The Mayor of Rione SanitàDirector
  12. 2018Capri-RevolutionDirector
  13. 2016Mascagni: Cavallera RusticanaDirector
  14. 2016Hindemith: Sancta SusannaDirector
  15. 2015The Bassarids - Theatro dell’Opera di RomaDirector
  16. 2015Pastorale cilentanaDirector
  17. 2014LeopardiDirector
  18. 2011Small Moral WorksDirector
  19. 2011La meditazione di HayezDirector
  20. 2011Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci - Teatro alla ScalaDirector
  21. 2010We BelievedDirector
  22. 2005Caravaggio, the Last ActDirector
  23. 2005Così venne ucciso PasoliniDirector
  24. 2004The Scent of BloodDirector
  25. 2001LuluDirector
  26. 2001Nella Napoli di Luca GiordanoDirector
  27. 2001I dieci comandamentiDirector
  28. 2000Un posto al mondoDirector
  29. 2000Così Fan Tutte - Teatro Comunale di FerraraDirector
  30. 1998Rehearsals for WarDirector
  31. 1998Una disperata vitalitàDirector
  32. 1998Appunti da SantarcangeloDirector
  33. 1998The Earth QuakesDirector
  34. 1997The VesuviansDirector
  35. 1997La salitaDirector
  36. 1996Badolato, 10 dicembre 1995. Per Antonio NeiwillerDirector
  37. 1996A Sahrawi storyDirector
  38. 1996Finale di PartitaDirector
  39. 1994The Only Country In The WorldDirector
  40. 1994Miracoli - Storie per cortiDirector
  41. 1994Antonio Mastronunzio pittore sannitaDirector
  42. 1993Luciano Amelio/Terrae motusDirector
  43. 1993VegliaDirector
  44. 1993RazorDirector
  45. 1992Death of a Neapolitan MathematicianDirector
  46. 1990I PersianiDirector
  47. 1986Prologo a Ritorno ad AlphavilleDirector
  48. 1986Il desiderio preso per la codaDirector
  49. 1985Nella città baroccaDirector
  50. 1985Nessun dove - Studi su immagini di NapoliDirector
  51. 1984Perfidi incantiDirector
  52. 1982Foresta neraDirector