Gabriele Salvatores

Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theater director in 1972. In that year, he directed his third feature film, Marrakech Express, which was followed in 1990 by Turné. In 1991, Salvatores received international praise for Mediterraneo, which won the Academy Award for best foreign film. The main themes of Salvatores' screenplays are escape from a reality that cannot be accepted or understood, nostalgia for friends, and voyages that never end. Happy Family from 2010 is based on a play by Alessandro Genovesi. In 2014, he made his first documentary, Italy in a Day, produced by Indiana Production Company, sponsored by Rai Cinema, and inspired by Ridley Scott's La vita in un giorno. Then, he produced Il ragazzo invisibile, which marks the director's sixth collaboration with Fabrizio Bentivoglio as well as Salvatores' return to the world of science fiction. With this film, the director won a European Film Award, chosen by the jury of young people of the European Film Academy. In 2018, Il ragazzo invisibile - Seconda generazione,
the sequel to the 2014 movie, was released.