Carlo Verdone

As a director, actor and writer, Carlo Verdone has been surrounded by film his entire life. His father Mario Verdone was a renowned film academic and critic. Having earned a degree in Film Direction at Experimental Center of Cinematography, Verdone began a career in Television where he showed off his comedic stylings. Verdone went on to make his directorial debut in 1980 with the comedy film Un Sacco Bello, where he also played three different characters. Verdone has since directed, starred and written a number of films, incredible box office successes, including A Flat for Three (2012) as director, The Great Beauty (2013) as actor, Blessed Madness (2018), and, of course, Sotto una buona stella (2014).