Peter Cattaneo

Peter Cattaneo , MBE (* 1964 in England ) is a British film director .

Life

Peter Cattaneo, son of the animator Tony Cattaneo (* 1927; † 2003), first came into contact with directing as a student at the Royal College of Art in London . There he directed a . a. at an award-winning music video in a commercial for Miller Brewing Company as well as Dear Rosie from 1990 in which he at the Oscars in the category " Best Short Film " and at the BAFTAs in the category " Best Short Film was nominated."

After graduating, Cattaneo worked for the BBC , for which he was involved in the production of the television series Teenage Health Freak and The Full Wax (both 1991). The 1995 two- parter Loved Up followed.

Shortly afterwards, the script for The Full Monty fell into his hands. The film is better known in Germany under the title Ganz oder nicht (1997). With gross revenues of $ 195 million worldwide with a production time of just 40 days and costs of just $ 3.5 million, the film became one of the most successful film comedies of the 1990s and made leading actor Robert Carlyle a star. At the Academy Awards , he was nominated in four categories, including “Best Film” and Cattaneo for “Best Director,” and won the trophy for “Best Music”. In addition, Cattaneo was made a Member of the British Empire in 1998 . He also had some success with his follow-up project, the 2001 comedy Lucky Break .

Web links

• Peter Cattaneo in the Internet Movie Database (English)