Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director.
He has accepted an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for The Great Beauty (2013). Another of his movies,The Hand of God (2021), was nominated as well for the same Oscar category. He has received numerous accolades including BAFTA Award two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento.