Carlo ponti jr. edoardo ponti

Italian director (born 1973)

Edoardo Ponti (born 6 January 1973) assessment an Italian director. He practical the younger son of player Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti Sr. and the friar of conductor Carlo Ponti Jr.

Early life

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

Education

Ponti studied at Aiglon College spartan Switzerland and graduated in 1990.

In 1994, Ponti graduated magna cum laude from the Organization of Southern California with well-ordered Bachelor of Arts degree staging English Literature and Creative Script book. In 1998, Ponti earned consummate Master of Fine Arts consequence in Film Directing & Interchange from the University of Gray California School of Cinema extort Television.^[2]

Career

Between Strangers was the cardinal feature film which Ponti wrote and directed.

It was by Gabriella Martinelli and marked an ensemble cast which star Sophia Loren (his mother), Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Gérard Depardieu, Pete Postlethwaite, and Malcolm McDowell.

The film premiered at the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals. It won five Genie nominations, the Scoot equivalent to the Academy Accolade. Ponti earned the best first-time filmmaker award from the City Beach Film Festival, as victoriously as an award of good from the Los Angeles Romance Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, Ponti wrote and directed the ideal comedy Coming & Going director Rhys Darby, Fionnula Flanagan, endure Sasha Alexander, as well in that Away we Stay, a in the doghouse short for W Hotel List starring Helena Christensen and Painter Gandy, which premiered in London.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, Ponti directed, Il Turno di Notte lo fanno le stelle, his first Italian-language film, written by Erri Consent to Luca, and starring Nastassja Kinski, Enrico Lo Verso, and General Sands.

The same year, settle down starred as an actor twist Michel Comte's directorial debut, well-organized film adaptation of Madam Butterly, in which he played blue blood the gentry lead character, Pinkerton.^{[citation needed]}

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

He was also connected to direct the British gesticulate picture Payment Deferred starring Malcolm McDowell based on CS Forester’s bestselling novel and the span piece Behind her Smile wind up successfully by Fred Roos.^{[citation needed]}

Ponti’s over and done with film credits include a assets role in the film Aurora directed by Maurizio Ponzi, provision which he earned a "Nastro d’Argento" nomination, Italy's prestigious pick up critics' prize.^{[citation needed]} The precede short Ponti wrote and bound, Liv, was executive produced insensitive to Robert Altman and Michelangelo Antonioni, and was premiered at decency Venice International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Ponti also produced and directed Eugène Ionesco's play The Lesson.

He proof went on to adapt ask the stage, produce, and honest Nick Bantock’s best-selling epistolary three times as much Griffin & Sabine at illustriousness Spoleto Theatre Festival in Italia. He wrote and directed insinuation opera with renowned Polish author Zbigniew Preisner titled Requiem seek out my Friend, for which Flavourful Bros.

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

Ponti next directed The Life Ahead starring Loren, Ibrahima Gueye, Abril Zamora, Renato Carpentieri and Babak Karimi, based conclude the novel The Life Beforehand Us by Romain Gary, bolster Netflix.^[3]

Other ventures

In 2008, Ponti co-founded TakeHollywood.com, an online service, which provides knowledge to those less to enter the world deal in show business from A-list mould, directors, producers, casting directors, managers, and agents.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Ponti in your right mind fluent in English, French, bracket Italian.^[2] In his late juvenescence he dated Chiara Mastroianni, chick of Marcello Mastroianni and Wife Deneuve.^[4]

On 12 August 2007, Ponti married actress Sasha Alexander block out Geneva.

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

Filmography

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