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.
Known For
Nostalgia
(2022)
Director
We Believed
(2010)
Director
The King of Laughter
(2021)
Director
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
(2019)
Director
Troubling Love
(1995)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Foresta nera
(1982)
Director
Glacial Tango
(1983)
Stage Director
Perfidi incanti
(1984)
Director
Nella città barocca
(1985)
Director
Nessun dove - Studi su immagini di Napoli
(1985)
Director
Carlo Zago
(1985)
Stage Director
Il desiderio preso per la coda
(1986)
Director
Prologo a Ritorno ad Alphaville
(1986)
Director
I Persiani
(1990)
Director
Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
(1992)
Director
Rasoi
(1993)
Director
Veglia
(1993)
Director
Luciano Amelio/Terrae motus
(1993)
Director
The Only Country In The World
(1994)
Director
Antonio Mastronunzio pittore sannita
(1994)
Director
Miracoli - Storie per corti
(1994)
Director
Troubling Love
(1995)
Director
Badolato, 10 dicembre 1995. Per Antonio Neiwiller
(1996)
Director
Una storia Saharawi
(1996)
Director
Finale di Partita
(1996)
Director
The Vesuvians
(1997)
Director
La salita
(1997)
Director
Rehearsals for War
(1998)
Director
Una disperata vitalità
(1998)
Director
Appunti da Santarcangelo
(1998)
Director
The Earth Quakes
(1998)
Director
Un posto al mondo
(2000)
Director
Lulu
(2001)
Director
Nella Napoli di Luca Giordano
(2001)
Director
I dieci comandamenti
(2001)
Director
Another World Is Possible
(2001)
Assistant Director
The Scent of Blood
(2004)
Director
Così venne ucciso Pasolini
(2005)
Director
Caravaggio, the Last Act
(2005)
Director
Torvaldo e Dorliska
(2007)
Stage Director
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
(2008)
Stage Director
We Believed
(2010)
Director
Small Moral Works
(2011)
Director
La meditazione di Hayez
(2011)
Director
Cavalleria rusticana - Pagliacci
(2011)
Stage Director
Rossini - Matilde di Shabran
(2013)
Stage Director
Leopardi
(2014)
Director
Beethoven: Fidelio
(2014)
Stage Director
Pastorale cilentana
(2015)
Director
The Bassarids - Theatro dell’Opera di Roma
(2015)
Director
Hindemith: Sancta Susanna
(2016)
Director
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
(2016)
Director
Giordano: Andrea Chénier - Teatro alla Scala
(2017)
Stage Director
Capri-Revolution
(2018)
Director
Verdi: Falstaff
(2018)
Stage Director
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
(2019)
Director
Il barbiere di Siviglia
(2020)
Director
The King of Laughter
(2021)
Director
La Traviata
(2021)
Stage Director
Nostalgia
(2022)
Director
La Bohème
(2022)
Director
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
(2023)
Director
Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo Jodice
(2023)
Director
Acting
Aspettando Totò
(1996)
Self
Westmoreland Naples
(1996)
Heart of the Festival
(2002)
self
Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Reason of a Dream
(2002)
Self
In the Eyes
(2009)
Self
Mario Martone: Premio alla carriera
(2015)
Self
I Don't Know the Men of this City
(2015)
Self
Ferrante Fever
(2017)
Pina Bausch a Roma
(2017)
Self
Buon compleanno Carlo Verdone!
(2018)
Self
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
(2019)
Himself
Costellazione Bertolucci
(2020)
Self
Felicità - La stagione della rinascita
(2021)
Guest
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
(2023)
Sé stesso
Viva Viviani
(2023)
Sé stesso
Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
(2023)
Self
Totò e il Principe De Curtis. L'uomo oltre la maschera
(2023)
Writing
Perfidi incanti
(1984)
Writer
Nella città barocca
(1985)
Writer
Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
(1992)
Screenplay and Story
Rasoi
(1993)
Screenplay
Luciano Amelio/Terrae motus
(1993)
Writer
Veglia
(1993)
Writer
Antonio Mastronunzio pittore sannita
(1994)
Writer
Troubling Love
(1995)
Screenplay
Badolato, 10 dicembre 1995. Per Antonio Neiwiller
(1996)
Writer
Una storia Saharawi
(1996)
Writer
The Vesuvians
(1997)
Writer
Rehearsals for War
(1998)
Screenplay
The Earth Quakes
(1998)
Writer
Appunti da Santarcangelo
(1998)
Writer
Un posto al mondo
(2000)
Writer
Nella Napoli di Luca Giordano
(2001)
Writer
The Scent of Blood
(2004)
Writer
Caravaggio, the Last Act
(2005)
Writer
We Believed
(2010)
Screenplay, Dialogue, Writer, Co-Writer, Script Consultant, and Script Editor
Leopardi
(2014)
Screenplay
Capri-Revolution
(2018)
Screenplay and Story
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
(2019)
Screenplay
The King of Laughter
(2021)
Screenplay and Story
Nostalgia
(2022)
Screenplay and Story
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
(2023)
Screenplay and Story
Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo Jodice
(2023)
Writer
Art
Crew