Gabriele Salvatores

Gabriele Salvatores (1950, Naples) debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo. In 1989 he directed his first feature film, Marrakech Express. In 1991, Salvatores received great international praise for Mediterraneo, which won an Academy Award as best foreign film. It also won three David di Donatello and a Silver Ribbon. A new experimental period, however, started in 1997 with Nirvana, a science fiction/cyberpunk. This was followed by the surreal Denti (2000), Amnèsia (2002) and Io non ho paura of 2003, from the Niccolò Ammaniti novel. In 2005 he directed the noir Quo Vadis, Baby? His Come Dio Comanda (2008) received Russian Critic's Jury Award at the 31 MIFF.

Moscow International Film Festival