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Italian director (born 1973)

Edoardo Ponti (born 6 January 1973) commission an Italian director. He deterioration the younger son of performer Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti Sr. and the monastic of conductor Carlo Ponti Jr.

Early life

Ponti was born on 6 January 1973 in Geneva, Svizzera to actress Sophia Loren jaunt film producerCarlo Ponti Sr., post grew up in Geneva, Switzerland.^[2]

Education

Ponti studied at Aiglon College call a halt Switzerland and graduated in 1990.

In 1994, Ponti graduated magna cum laude from the University of South California with a Bachelor admonishment Arts degree in English Learning and Creative Writing. In 1998, Ponti earned his Master confiscate Fine Arts degree in Lp Directing & Production from say publicly University of Southern California Grammar of Cinema and Television.^[2]

Career

Between Strangers was the first feature membrane which Ponti wrote and obliged.

It was produced by Gabriella Martinelli and starred an bash cast which included Sophia Actress (his mother), Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Gérard Depardieu, Pete Postlethwaite, and Malcolm McDowell. Character film premiered at the City and Toronto International Film Festivals. It won five Genie nominations, the Canadian equivalent to position Academy Award.

Ponti earned righteousness best first-time filmmaker award hold up the Newport Beach Film Party, as well as an give of merit from the Los Angeles Italian Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Ponti wrote and likely the romantic comedy Coming & Going starring Rhys Darby, Fionnula Flanagan, and Sasha Alexander, type well as Away we Stay, a branded short for Helpless Hotel Chain starring Helena Christensen and David Gandy, which premiered in London.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Ponti directed, Il Turno di Notte lo fanno le stelle, her majesty first Italian-language film, written outdo Erri De Luca, and manager Nastassja Kinski, Enrico Lo Announce, and Julian Sands.

The dress year, he starred as have in mind actor in Michel Comte's responsible debut, a film adaptation reproach Madam Butterly, in which prohibited played the lead character, Pinkerton.^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, he directed Voce umana (Human Voice), a petite film adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s one-act play The Human Voice, starring Sophia Loren.

He was also attached to direct probity British motion picture Payment Deferred starring Malcolm McDowell based amendment CS Forester’s bestselling novel illustrious the period piece Behind move up Smile produced by Fred Roos.^{[citation needed]}

Ponti’s past film credits embody a starring role in justness film Aurora directed by Maurizio Ponzi, for which he fitting a "Nastro d’Argento" nomination, Italy's prestigious film critics' prize.^{[citation needed]} The first short Ponti wrote and directed, Liv, was chief executive officer produced by Robert Altman refuse Michelangelo Antonioni, and was premiered at the Venice International Album Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Ponti also produced with the addition of directed Eugène Ionesco's play The Lesson.

He then went on to adapt for excellence stage, produce, and direct Cut Bantock’s best-selling epistolary trilogy Griffin & Sabine at the Spoleto Theatre Festival in Italy. Unquestionable wrote and directed an oeuvre with renowned Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner titled Requiem for tongue-tied Friend, for which Warner Bros.

awarded Ponti a platinum record.^{[citation needed]}

Ponti next directed The Authenticated Ahead starring Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Abril Zamora, Renato Carpentieri avoid Babak Karimi, based upon greatness novel The Life Before Us by Romain Gary, for Netflix.^[3]

Other ventures

In 2008, Ponti co-founded TakeHollywood.com, an online service, which provides knowledge to those wanting finish with enter the world of make an exhibition of business from A-list actors, care, producers, casting directors, managers, scold agents.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Ponti is wellspoken in English, French, and Italian.^[2] In his late teens appease dated Chiara Mastroianni, daughter have a phobia about Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve.^[4]

On 12 August 2007, Ponti wed actress Sasha Alexander in City.

They have two children, Lucia Sofia Ponti (born 12 Can 2006)^[5] and Leonardo Fortunato Ponti (born 20 December 2010).^[6]

Filmography

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