{{Short description|Italian screenwriter and director (born 1958)}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = | caption = | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|18 February 1958}} | birth_place = Naples, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Screenwriter<br> Film director }}
'''Massimo Gaudioso''' (born 18 February 1958) is an Italian screenwriter, film director, and occasional actor, best known for his professional association with Matteo Garrone.
== Life and career == Born in Naples, Gaudioso graduated in business administration at the Federico II University and then worked in an advertising agency.<ref name="bio" /><ref name="reg">{{cite book |last1=Poppi |first1=Roberto |title=I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri |date=2002 |publisher=Gremese Editore |isbn=978-88-8440-171-7 |page=199 |chapter=Gaudioso, Massimo}}</ref> Between 1983 and 1995 he worked as a freelance screenwriter and director, making among other things commercials, industrial films, institutional videos and short documentaries.<ref name="bio">{{cite news |title=Massimo Gaudioso|url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/massimo-gaudioso/8405/ |access-date=1 July 2024 |work=Mymovies.it |language=it}}</ref>
Gaudioso made his feature film debut in 1996, co-writing, co-directing and co-producing with Eugenio Cappuccio and Fabio Nunziata the semi-autobiographical film ''Il caricatore'', based on the short with the same name the trio had written and directed one year before;<ref name="bio" /><ref name="reg" /> the film won several awards, including the award for best screenplay at the Torino Film Festival and the Ciak d'oro for best first work.<ref name="bio" /> Following another film with Cappuccio and Nunziata (''La vita è una sola'', 1999), Gaudioso focused on screenwriting, starting in 2000 a long professional association with Matteo Garrone; other notable collaborations include Carlo Verdone, Daniele Vicari, Gianni Di Gregorio, and Luca Miniero.<ref name="bio" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Piri |first1=Stefano |title=Massimo Gaudioso: «Scrivere Io Capitano, dai centri d'accoglienza alla notte degli Oscar» |url=https://www.esquire.com/it/cultura/film/a60137100/massimo-gaudioso-io-capitano-intervista/ |access-date=3 July 2024 |work=Esquire |date=10 March 2024 |language=it-IT}}</ref>
During his career Gaudioso received numerous awards, notably the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter for Garrone's ''Gomorrah'',<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title='Gomorra' tops European Film Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/gomorra-tops-european-film-awards-123975/ |access-date=3 July 2024 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=6 December 2008}}</ref> four David di Donatellos and two Silver Ribbons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Premi e nomination di Massimo Gaudioso |url=https://www.mymovies.it/persone/massimo-gaudioso/8405/premi/ |website=Mymovies.it |access-date=3 July 2024 |language=it}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * ''Il caricatore'' (1996, also co-director) * ''La vita è una sola'' (1999, also co-director) * ''Roman Summer'' (2000) * ''The Embalmer'' (2002) * ''First Love'' (2004) * ''One Out of Two'' (2006) * ''The Past Is a Foreign Land'' (2008) * ''Gomorrah'' (2008) * ''The Seed of Discord'' (2008) * ''Mid-August Lunch'' (2008) * ''Benvenuti al Sud'' (2010) * ''Tatanka'' (2011) * ''Reality'' (2012) * ''The Ideal City'' (2012) * ''It Was the Son'' (2012) * ''La scuola più bella del mondo'' (2014) * ''Tale of Tales'' (2015) * ''Un paese quasi perfetto'' (2016, also director) * ''The Big Score'' (2016) * ''Rafaël'' (2018) * ''Dogman'' (2018) * ''18 Presents'' (2020) * ''The Catholic School'' (2021) * ''Strangeness'' (2022) * ''Io capitano'' (2023) * ''Hey Joe'' (2024) * ''The Illusion'' (2025) }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaudioso, Massimo}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:People from Naples Category:University of Naples Federico II alumni Category:Italian film directors Category:Italian screenwriters Category:Italian film actors Category:David di Donatello winners Category:Nastro d'Argento winners Category:Best Screenwriter European Film Award winners