Peter Cattaneo

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Peter Cattaneo
MBE
Born
Peter Joseph Cattaneo

(1964-07-01) 1 July 1964 (age 60)
Twickenham, London, England
Occupations
Years active1989–present
Known forDirector of The Full Monty
SpouseJulia Cattaneo
Children4
AwardsMTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker
The Full Monty (1997)

Peter Joseph Cattaneo MBE (born 1 July 1964) is a British filmmaker. He is most known for directing the comedy film The Full Monty,[1][2] for which was he won the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Life and career

Cattaneo was brought up in Twickenham, London. His father was a London-born animator of Italian descent.[3] After attending London College of Printing for an art foundation course, and Leeds Polytechnic for a BA in Graphic Design (Film), he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1989, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Dear Rosie (1990). He went on to make his feature film debut with The Full Monty (1997), which was a smash success both in the UK and internationally.[4] The comedy grossed £160,049,344 at the box office on a £3 million budget and Cattaneo received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Cattaneo has since directed several films, including Lucky Break (2001), Opal Dream (2006) and The Rocker (2008). He has also directed a multitude of commercials[5] as well as every episode of the award-winning comedy television series Rev. for BBC Two.

He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours "for services to the British Film Industry."[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Notes
1990 Dear Rosie Short film subject
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
1997 The Full Monty MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Director
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Direction
2001 Lucky Break Also producer
2006 Opal Dream Also writer
2008 The Rocker
2019 Military Wives
2024 The Penguin Lessons

Television

Year Title Notes
1993 Teenage Health Freak TV series
6 episodes
1993–1994 The Bill TV series
2 episodes
2010–2012 Little Crackers TV series
4 episodes
2010–2014 Rev. TV series
19 episodes
2016 The A Word TV series
3 episodes
2017 Diana & I TV movie
2022 Magpie Murders TV series

6 episodes

References

  1. ^ "FILM | Peter Cattaneo's lucky breaks". News.bbc.co.uk. 17 August 2001. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. ^ Allon, Yoram; Cullen, Del; Patterson, Hannah (2001). Contemporary British and Irish Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide – Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson – Google Books. Wallflower Press. ISBN 978-1-903364-21-5. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Winning Streak". The Guardian. 3 August 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. ^ Sally Vincent (3 August 2001). "Peter Cattaneo, director of The Full Monty | Film". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Academy films – Peter Cattaneo".
  6. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 55155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1998. p. 16.
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