Nanni Moretti

About

Italian director whose work included Dear Diary and The Son's Room, the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

Before Fame

He was a water polo player who broke into the film business as a producer.

Trivia

He was a noted leftist who organized street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi.

Family Life

His brother was literary scholar Franco Moretti.

Associated With

He and Days of Heaven director Terrence Malick both won the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival.