NICCOLÒ AMMANITI

Niccolò Ammaniti was born and lives in Rome.

He made his debut in fiction in 1995 with the novel Branchie (Gills). He is the author of novels and short stories translated worldwide: Fango (Mud, 1996), Ti prendo e ti porto via (Steal You Away, 1999), Io non ho paura (I'm Not Scared, 2001, Premio Viareggio), Come Dio comanda (The Crossroads/As God Commands, 2006, Premio Strega), Che la festa cominci (Let the Games Begin (2009), Io e te (Me and You, 2010), Il momento è delicato (2012), Anna (2015) and La vita intima  (2023).

Five films have been made from his books: L'ultimo capodanno (by Marco Risi, 1998); Branchie (by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, 1999); Io non ho paura and Come Dio comanda (both directed by Gabriele Salvatores, 2003 and 2008); Io e te (by Bernardo Bertolucci, 2012).

He is the author and director of the docu-film The Good Life (2014). In 2018 airs Il miracolo, a SKY original TV series for which Ammaniti is showrunner, co-writer and co-director; in 2021 airs Anna, the TV series produced by SKY and written and directed by him, based on the novel by the same name.