Directing
Saverio Costanzo
Born 1975-09-28
Director and screenwriter. Son of the famous journalist and TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo, he graduated in Sociology of Communication at the Sapienza University of Rome. After various experiences as a radio host, author of screenplays for RAI TV series and the creation of some commercials, at the end of the 90s he went to New York, where he worked as an operator and assistant director, to then devote himself to the activity of documentary maker . In 2001 he founded, together with Mario Gianani, the Offside production company which initially dedicated itself to the production of documentaries and historical programs for television and later to that of feature films including, in 2004, his first work, "Private". Successfully received by international critics, the film won several prizes including the Golden Leopard and the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 2004 Locarno Film Festival, and to him, in 2005, the Silver Ribbon and the David di Donatello. as Best Emerging Director. In 2007 he is at the Berlin Film Festival with his second opera, "In memoria di me". In 2009 he acquired the rights to make the film adaptation of the best-seller, winner of the Strega 2008 prize, "The solitude of prime numbers" by Paolo Giordano.
Acting credits
No synopsis available yet.
Esterno giorno
2021
8.6A unique portrayal of two young amateur actresses embarking on a journey that will forever change their lives as they star in the most eagerly anticipated new show of 2018, Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend.
My True Brilliant Friend
2018
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Raccontare Venezia
2017
6.5No synopsis available yet.
BAR: Benvenuti a Roma
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Behind the camera
6.5The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Hungry Hearts
2015
6.5The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Hungry Hearts
2015
6.1A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.
Finally Dawn
2024
6.1A young Roman woman during the 1950s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man. She goes to Cinecittà to do an audition as an extra and is thrust into this almost infinite night during which she discovers herself.
Finally Dawn
2024
5.9Prime numbers are divisible only by one and themselves. These numbers are solitary and incomprehensible to others. Alice and Mattia are both "prime", both haunted by the tragedies that have marked them in childhood: a skiing accident for Alice which has caused a defect in her leg, and the loss of his twin sister for Matthew.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
2010
5.9Prime numbers are divisible only by one and themselves. These numbers are solitary and incomprehensible to others. Alice and Mattia are both "prime", both haunted by the tragedies that have marked them in childhood: a skiing accident for Alice which has caused a defect in her leg, and the loss of his twin sister for Matthew.
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
2010
6.6Investigates the life a young man who has decided to enter a Jesuit monastery in Venice, but is then overcome by agonizing doubts before his ordination.
In Memory of Me
2007
6.6Investigates the life a young man who has decided to enter a Jesuit monastery in Venice, but is then overcome by agonizing doubts before his ordination.
In Memory of Me
2007
No synopsis available yet.
Auschwitz 2006
2007
6.6Mohammed lives with his wife and five children in a house located between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. The house becomes a highly strategic location and is occupied by the army. But despite the invasion of Israeli soldiers, Mohammed refuses to leave.
Private
2004
6.6Mohammed lives with his wife and five children in a house located between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. The house becomes a highly strategic location and is occupied by the army. But despite the invasion of Israeli soldiers, Mohammed refuses to leave.
Private
2004
6.6Mohammed lives with his wife and five children in a house located between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. The house becomes a highly strategic location and is occupied by the army. But despite the invasion of Israeli soldiers, Mohammed refuses to leave.
Private
2004