Mario Martone
Directing·November 20, 1959 — 66 years old·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.
Known For
Leopardi
2014·6.8
Nostalgia
2022·6.8
The King of Laughter
2021·7.5
Capri-Revolution
2018·6.4
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
2019·6.1
Fuori
2025·6.4
We Believed
2010·6.6
Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me
2023·7.7
Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician
1992·6.7
Troubling Love
1995·6.0
Roman Summer
2000·7.0
The Scent of Blood
2004·5.5
Filmography · 81
—TrickDirector · Screenplay2025MedeaDirector2025FuoriWriter · Director2025Teatro Alla Scalla: Eugene OneginDirector2024Per sempre al Massimo2023Un ritratto in movimento - Omaggio a Mimmo JodiceDirector · Writer2023Totò e il Principe De Curtis - L'uomo oltre la maschera2023Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De SantisSelf2023Viva VivianiSé stesso2023Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes MeSé stesso · Screenplay · Director · Story2022NostalgiaScreenplay · Director · Story2022La BohèmeDirector2021The King of LaughterScreenplay · Story · Director2021Felicità - La stagione della rinascitaGuest2021La TraviataProduction Design · Stage Director2020Costellazione BertolucciSelf2020Il barbiere di SivigliaDirector2019The Mayor of Rione SanitàScreenplay · Director2019Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido CrepaxHimself2018Capri-RevolutionStory · Director · Screenplay2018Buon compleanno Carlo Verdone!Self2018Verdi: FalstaffStage Director2018Wonders - The Peninsula of TreasuresTVSelf - Director2017Giordano: Andrea Chénier - Teatro alla ScalaStage Director2017Ferrante Fever2017Pina Bausch a RomaSelf2016Hindemith: Sancta SusannaDirector2016Mascagni: Cavallera RusticanaDirector2015The Bassarids - Theatro dell’Opera di RomaDirector2015I Don't Know the Men of this CitySelf2015Pastorale cilentanaDirector2015Mario Martone: Premio alla carrieraSelf2014LeopardiDirector · Screenplay2014Beethoven: FidelioStage Director2013Rossini - Matilde di ShabranStage Director2011Small Moral WorksDirector2011La meditazione di HayezDirector2011Cavalleria rusticana - PagliacciStage Director2010We BelievedDialogue · Director · Screenplay · Co-Writer · Script Editor · Script · Script Consultant2009In the EyesSelf2008Verdi: Un Ballo in MascheraStage Director2007Torvaldo e DorliskaStage Director2005Caravaggio, the Last ActDirector · Writer2005Così venne ucciso PasoliniDirector2004The Scent of BloodDirector · Writer2002Pier Paolo Pasolini and the Reason of a DreamSelf2001LuluDirector2001Nella Napoli di Luca GiordanoDirector · Writer2001Another World Is PossibleAssistant Director2001I dieci comandamentiDirector2000Un posto al mondoWriter · Director2000Roman SummerThanks2000Così Fan Tutte - Teatro Comunale di FerraraDirector1998Rehearsals For WarScreenplay · Director · Writer · Idea · Story1998Una disperata vitalitàDirector1998Appunti da SantarcangeloDirector · Writer1998The Earth QuakesDirector · Writer1997The VesuviansDirector · Writer1997La salitaDirector1996Badolato, 10 dicembre 1995. Per Antonio NeiwillerDirector · Writer1996Westmoreland Naples1996A Sahrawi storyDirector · Writer1996Finale di PartitaDirector1996Aspettando TotòSelf1995Troubling LoveScreenplay · Director1994The Only Country In The WorldDirector1994Miracoli - Storie per cortiDirector1994Antonio Mastronunzio pittore sannitaDirector · Writer1993Luciano Amelio/Terrae motusDirector · Writer1993VegliaDirector · Writer1993RazorDirector · Production Design · Screenplay1992Death of a Neapolitan MathematicianScreenplay · Story · Director1990I PersianiDirector1986Prologo a Ritorno ad AlphavilleDirector1986Il desiderio preso per la codaDirector1985Nella città baroccaDirector · Writer1985Carlo ZagoStage Director1985Nessun dove - Studi su immagini di NapoliDirector1984Perfidi incantiDirector · Writer1983Glacial TangoStage Director1982Foresta neraDirector