Gabriele Muccino

20.05.1967, Rome, Italy

 

Director
Photo: Kaitlinwiggins

Director, screenwriter and producer. He bandied his studies of literature and became a director. He enrolled to the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and began his film career directing short feature films in mid-1990’s. His first feature film is the comedy Ecco fatto (1998). Afterwards, he directed another more popular comedy Come te nessuno mai (1999) and the romantic drama The Last Kiss (L'ultimo bacio, 2001), which won several awards at international festivals and attracted attention outside of Italy. He directed another romantic drama Ricordati di me (2003), and three years later in Hollywood he directed the biographical drama The Pursuit of Happiness (2006) starring Will Smith who was nominated for an Oscar for his role. Muccino and Smith collaborated again in the romantic comedy Seven Pounds (2008). He returned to Italy to direct another romantic comedy Baciami ancora (2010), but it was not very successful. Back in Hollywood and starring several stars he directed Playing for Keeps (2012). His drama Fathers & Daughters (2015) starring Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried was somewshat less popular with the audience but received good reviews. His last film so far is L'estate addosso (2016) about a couple of young Italians on vacation in the US.  

Filmography


Films by this director

Summertime

(L'estate addosso, Italy, 2016)

Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
PHOTOGRAPHY: Paolo Caimi
Synopsis:

This is a story about growing-up and maturing of young people. Marco and Marina arrive from Italy to the US on a plane. They have just graduated from high-school and a carefree summer and a bright future are ahead of them. Marco does not really know what he wants from life, and Marina is up-tight and he does not care for her too much. Their hosts in San Francisco are Matt and Paul, a gay couple, and Maria has to repress her prejudices. 

color, digital, 103 min
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