Fabio Mollo

Fabio Mollo (born 27 April 1980) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Fabio Mollo
Mollo in 2014
Born	27 April 1980 (1980-04-27) (age 45) Reggio Calabria, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Film director

Life and career

Born in Reggio Calabria, Mollo graduated in Visual Theory and Film History at the University of East London, and later enrolled at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in direction in 2007.^[1] After directing some shorts, notably getting a Nastro d'Argento special mention for the 2008 short Giganti, he served as assistant director for directors such as Gianni Zanasi and Francesco Bruni.^[1]

Mollo made her feature film debut with South Is Nothing, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and was later screened at the Rome Film Festival and at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Generation sidebar.^[1][2] For this film he was nominated for Nastro d'Argento for best new director and got a Globo d'Oro nomination for best directorial debut.^[1] His second film There Is a Light was released in 2017, and was a commercial and critical success,^[1] getting to Mollo a Nastro d'Argento nomination for best original story.^[3]

Starting from 2018, Mollo is also active as a television director, collaborating with Mediaset, RAI and Netflix, for which he directed four episodes of the series Curon.^[1][4] In 2021, he directed the first Amazon Prime Video Italian original film, the coming of age comedy-drama Dog Years.^[5][6]

Selected filmography

• South Is Nothing (Il sud è niente, 2013)
• There Is a Light (Il padre d'Italia, 2017)
• Dog Years (Anni da cane, 2021)
• My Soul Summer (2022)
• Nata per te (2023)