MATTEO ROVERE
Matteo Rovere was born in Rome. He began his career at 19 with the short film "Lexotan", which won the Kodak Award at the Linea d’Ombra Salerno Film Festival 2002. He directed several short films, which received awards at national and international festivals. His short film "Homo Homini Lupus". was awarded with a Silver Ribbon. His first feature film was "A Game for Girls" (Colorado), followed by "Drifters" (Fandango). He also wrote the TV series "Zio Gianni" and "The Pills - Non ce la faremo mai". The films he has directed and produced have received twelve David di Donatello nominations and ten Silver Ribbons nominations. In 2014, he produced the box office success "I Can Quit Whenever I Want" which earned him a Silver Ribbon award as Best producer. In 2016, he wrote and directed his film "Italian Race". At the David di Donatello Awards in 2017 the film was among the candidates for best film and best direction and won the awards for best photography, best editing, best sound, best makeup and best music effects and a Silver Ribbon for best editing. The film sold in more than 40 countries including Germany, Japan, China, Australia, France, South Korea and Taiwan. In 2017, Rovere also produced the two sequels of "I Can Quit Whenever I Want": "I Can Quit Whenever I Want - Masterclass" and "I Can Quit Whenever I Want - Ad Honorem", for which he was nominated again for the David di Donatello Award as best producer.