Pietro Castellitto

Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter

Italy
Ireland

Alma materSapienza University of RomeOccupations

Actor
filmmaker

Years active2004–presentParent(s)Sergio Castellitto
Margaret MazzantiniRelativesCarlo Mazzantini (grandfather)
Anne Donnelly (grandmother)
Giselda Volodi (aunt)

Pietro Contento Castellitto (born 16 December 1991) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter, son of actor and director Sergio Castellitto and writer Margaret Mazzantini.^[1]

Biography

Castellitto began his acting career in the early 2000s, in films directed by his father, such as Don't Move.

In 2020, Castellitto presented his directorial debut, The Predators, at the Horizons section of the 77th Venice Film Festival,^[2] where he received the Best Screenplay Award.^[3]

Partial filmography

Actor

Year	Title	Director	Role
2004	Don't Move	Sergio Castellitto	Young Timoteo
2012	Twice Born	Sergio Castellitto	Pietro
2018	La profezia dell'armadillo	Emanuele Scaringi	Secco
2020	The Predators	Pietro Castellitto	Federico
2020	Freaks Out	Gabriele Mainetti	Cencio
2022	Robbing Mussolini	Renato De Maria	Pietro Lamberti / Isola
2023	Enea	Pietro Castellitto	Enea

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2020	The Predators	World Premiere at the Horizons section of the 77th Venice International Film Festival
2023	Enea	World Premiere at the main competition of the 80th Venice International Film Festival

References

^ "Pietro Castellitto: "Volevo solo fare film"". Vanity Fair. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ "Intervista a Pietro Castellitto: "I miei Predatori nati dal fallimento come attore"". The Huffington Post. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
^ "Venezia, Pietro Castellitto vince per sceneggiatura a Orizzonti". Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.