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My Take
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.
Overview
Stefano Sollima (Italian: [ˈsteːfano ˈsɔllima, ˈstɛː-]; born 4 May 1966) is an Italian director and screenwriter. He is best known for his gritty crime-drama films such as ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards (2012), Suburra (2015), and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), as well as the television series Romanzo criminale – La serie (2006–2008), Gomorrah (2014–2021), and ZeroZeroZero (2020).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Horse
- Origin
- Rome, Province of Rome, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter / film screenwriter / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2012 FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes
- 2009 Flaiano Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.