Simone Godano

BIO

From Rome, born in 1977, he studied cinema at DAMS (School of the Performing Arts) and started making his first shorts in 2002. He gained experience in the advertising world working with Filmmaster and Mercurio.

In 2010 his short Niente orchidee (No Orchids) with Beppe Fiorello and Valeria Solarino was presented at the Venice Film Festival. He also started working as a TV director that year.

In 2017, thanks to a collaboration with Matteo Rovere, he made his cinema debut with the screenplay of Moglie e marito (Wife and Husband) starring Pierfrancesco Favino and Kasia Smutniak. This film was nominated for a Nastro d’argento for Best Comedy and was distributed overseas in more than twenty countries. His second film was Croce e delizia (An Almost Ordinary Summer) starring Alessandro Gassmann, Jasmine Trinca and Fabrizio Bentivoglio. Croce e delizia was nominated for a Nastro d’argento for Best Comedy while Jasmine Trinca won a Globo d’oro for Best Actress.

He is currently working on his third film.

PROJECTS
The Pills – Non ce la faremo mai
Jägermeister – The night meister express Catania Edition
Jägermeister – The night meister express Rome Edition
Jägermeister – The night meister express The Commuters Edition
Jägermeister – Unbelievably legendary Milano