Biography for
Matteo Garrone More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

Trade Mark

Often uses hand-held camera work

Frequently casts non professional actors

Often uses long takes (without any cuts) in his films

Always works as a camera operator for his own movies

Long dialogues spoken in dialect

Often works with screenwriters Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, and Massimo Gaudioso

Always works with cinematographer Marco Onorato

Always works with editor Marco Spoletini

Trivia

He is a former tennis player.

Has been working as a painter since 1986.

Not related to Mirco Garrone or Sergio Garrone.

He and longtime companion Nunzia have one son, Nicola (b. September 2008).

Son of Nico Garrone, grandson of Adriano Rimoldi.

Retrospective at the 25th Cinema Jove Festival Internacional de Cine (2010).