She debuted as an actress in Gabriele Muccino’s film But Forever in My Mind (Come Te Nessuno Mai), and continued her career in other films and television shows. After graduating in Philosophy, she studied screenwriting, first at Rai’s Script course, subsequently completing the Feature Film Writing Certificate at UCLA in Los Angeles. In 2015 she wrote the second season of Zio Gianni. Her screenplays include: Fiabeschi Torna a Casa directed by Max Mazzotta, Husband & Wife (Moglie e Marito) by Simone Godano, The Champion (Il Campione) directed by Leonardo D’Agostini and An Almost Ordinary Summer (Croce e Delizia) by Simone Godano. Marylin Has Black Eyes (Marylin Ha Gli Occhi Neri) , directed by Simone Godano, is currently in production. At the 20 19 Silver Ribbon awards, she won the SIAE “Special Award for best screenplay” for The Champion and An Almost Ordinary Summer. September is her directorial debut.

Maria Sole Tognazzi began her cinematographic career as apprentice and then assistant director. At the same time, she began to direct some backstage films and video clips (Sergio Cammariere, Carmen Consoli, Neffa, Paola Turci). She has been assistant director and co-director on various cinematographic work for approximately ten years.

With C’ero anch’io (I Was There Too) she won a Globo d’oro for Best Short film. Her first feature film Passato prossimo was distributed by Medusa and was nominated for a David di Donatello and won a Nastro d’argento and a Globo d’oro for Best New Director.

Her L’uomo che ama (The Man Who Loves) distributed by Medusa opened the 2008 Rome Film Festival. This film was sold in over 15 countries around the world (including Russia, Greek, Turkey, Brazil and Argentina).

Ritratto di mio padre (Portrait of My Father) is a documentary with which she pre-inaugurated the Rome Festival 201. It was nominated for a David di Donatello and won a Nastro d’argento in the documentary cinema section. Her penultimate film was Viaggio sola (I Travel Alone) with Margherita Buy and Stefano Accorsi which was released in 2013 and was co-written with Ivan Cotroneo and Francesca Marciano. Nominated for five David di Donatello and a Ciak d’oro 2013 for Best Leading Actress (Margherita Buy) and the Nastro d’argento 2013 for Best Comedy, it was distributed and sold worldwide (France, Japan, USA, Spain, Ireland, Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Taiwan and Porto Rico).

In 2015 her latest film Io e lei (Me and She) with Margherita Buy and Sabrina Ferilli was released. The film was produced by Indigo Film and distributed by Lucky Red. It was nominated at the David di Donatello awards 2016 for Best Leading Actress, at the Nastri d’argento 2016 for Best Comedy, Best Director, Best Story and Best Leading Actress. Sabrina Ferilli won a Nastro d’argento and a Ciak d’oro. The film won the Nastro d’argento for Best Story of the year, Special Nastro d’argento 70 years and a Ciak d’oro for Best Comedy.

In 2019 she made the TV series, Petra, for Sky starring Paola Cortellesi.

He is a director, screenwriter and actor. He founded the collective “The Pills” with Matteo Corradini and Luigi Di Capua, in the summer of 2011. This collective gained fame thanks to the web series of the same name which debuted on YouTube the same year, becoming an instant web phenomenon.

After also achieving success with the second series in 2014 the series launched on Italia 1. The same year, The Pills wrote the TV series Zio Gianni with Matteo Rovere, Luca Ravenna, Sydney Sibilia and Daniele Grassetti which aired on Rai 2.

OTHER PROJECTS
The Pills – Sempre meglio che lavorare
The Pills – Seconda stagione

Matthias began his career as a writer and photographer for travel magazines and then as an editor and graphic designer for various TV and cable channels in Germany. In 1995, he co-founded Velvet design studio which he turned into an internationally recognised motion design, broadcast design, art, events and installation concepts studio.

Since the outset of his directing career, Zentner has merged artistic direction, cinematography, styling and sound design seamlessly to produce works for clients such as Renault, Häagen Daz, Mercedes Benz, Bombay Sapphire, Crown Hotel, Zain, Fiat, Showtime Networks, Asian Games, Motorola, Mariott, Illy, Clorox, Toyota, Ford, Audi, Hyundai, Canon etc.

Zentner has worked all over the world winning many prizes for his unique style.

PROJECTS
Renault Talisman – Take control
Renault Talisman – The control test