Matteo Rovere
Biography
Matteo Rovere (born 22 January 1982) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. He's the youngest Italian filmmaker to have won the Nastro d'argento for best producer, with I Can Quit Whenever I Want.
Born in Rome in 1982, Matteo Rovere started directing short films at a very young age, and his shorts were screened at over 140 festivals.
In 2007, his short film Homo Homini Lupus won the Nastro d'Argento for best short film.
In 2009 he made his feature film debut with the coming-of-age drama A Game for Girls, which was entered into the competition at the 2008 Rome International Film Festival. He debuts as a film producer with the documentary Pietro Germi – Il bravo, il Bello, il cattivo, presented at the 62° Cannes Film Festival.
In 2012 his second feature film as director Drifters debuts in theaters, the film is adapted from Sandro Veronesi's novel of the same name and interpreted by Andrea Bosca, Miriam Giovanelli, Claudio Santamaria, Michele Riondino, and Massimo Popolizio. The film was presented in London as a global preview the year before on the occasion of the British Film Institute Festival.
In 2014 he's film producer of Sydney Sibilia's I Can Quit Whenever I Want, a film that made more than 5 million euros at the box office, achieving 12 nominations for the David di Donatello and 5 nominations for Nastro d'argento. Matteo Rovere won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer.
In 2020 he also produced, together with Ascent Film, the biopic The Bad Poet, about the last days of Gabriele D'Annunzio, and the claustrophobic thriller Shadows, with Mia Threapleton and Lola Petticrew.
