Stefano Sollima

Stefano Sollima makes the kind of crime drama I find hard to look away from. Coming up through Italian television with Romanzo criminale and the relentless Gomorrah, he built a reputation for unflinching, morally murky storytelling before crossing into Hollywood with Sicario: Day of the Soldado. What I appreciate is that he never sands off the rough edges. His Rome in Suburra feels genuinely corrupt and lived-in, not stylized for shock value. The Cannes FIPRESCI Prize confirmed early on that critics noticed. He's proof that a filmmaker can carry a distinct, gritty European sensibility into big-budget American projects without losing his voice.

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Name (English)

Stefano Sollima

Name (Japanese)

ステファノ・ソッリマ

Reading

すてふぁの・そっりま

Born

May 4, 1966 (age 60)

Origin

Rome, Province of Rome, Italy

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film screenwriter / director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Awards & achievements

• 2012 FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes
• 2009 Flaiano Prize

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano%20Sollima
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3497995

Tags

• Province of Rome
• film director
• screenwriter
• film screenwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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