---
name: "Massimo Gaudioso"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/massimo-gaudioso"
fi1m_id: "massimo-gaudioso"
imdb_id: "nm0309979"
tmdb_id: 78675
wikidata_id: "Q1907687"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 February 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-03T00:21:25.223007+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Massimo Gaudioso

## Identity

Massimo Gaudioso

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/massimo-gaudioso
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** massimo-gaudioso
- **IMDb ID:** nm0309979
- **TMDB ID:** 78675
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1907687
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Gaudioso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78675

Writer. Born 18 February 1958 in Napoli, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 February 1958, Napoli, Italy
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Matteo Garrone](https://film.one/person/matteo-garrone.md), [Paolo Del Brocco](https://film.one/person/paolo-del-brocco.md), [Ugo Chiti](https://film.one/person/ugo-chiti.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Adventure 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $40m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Gaudioso, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78675

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Io Capitano*](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md) (78), [*Dogman*](https://film.one/film/dogman.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Massimo Gaudioso is an Italian screenwriter, film director and occasional actor. Born on 18 February 1958 in Naples, he graduated in business administration at the University of Naples Federico II and worked in an advertising agency before freelancing as a screenwriter and director from the mid-1980s.

He co-directed and co-wrote early features including *Il caricatore* (1996) and *La vita è una sola* (1999). From 2000 he maintained a long collaboration with director Matteo Garrone, contributing screenplays to *Gomorrah* (2008), for which he received the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, *Reality* (2012), *Tale of Tales* (2015), *Dogman* (2018) and *Io Capitano* (2023). He has also worked with directors including Carlo Verdone and Gianni Di Gregorio.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, it.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Io Capitano* (2023), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *Dogman* (2018), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *Gomorrah* (2008), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Il grande Boccia* (2026), Screenplay
- *The Illusion* (2025), Screenplay, Story
- *Questi fantasmi!* (2024), Screenplay
- *Hey Joe* (2024), Writer
- *Napoli milionaria!* (2023), Screenplay
- *Io Capitano* (2023), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/io-capitano.md)
- *Delta* (2023), Screenplay
- *Filumena Marturano* (2022), Screenplay
- *Strangeness* (2022), Story, Screenplay
- *Brado* (2022), Screenplay, Story
- *Non ti pago* (2021), Screenplay
- *Sabato, domenica e lunedì* (2021), Screenplay
- *The Catholic School* (2021), Screenplay, Story
- *Lolita Lobosco* (2021), series, Screenplay
- *Natale in casa Cupiello* (2020), Screenplay
- *18 Presents* (2020), Screenplay, Story
- *Il flauto magico di Piazza Vittorio* (2019), Screenplay
- *Rafaël* (2018), Co-Writer
- *Little Tito and the Aliens* (2018), Co-Writer
- *Dogman* (2018), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *An Almost Perfect Country* (2016), Screenplay, Director
- *L'abbiamo fatta grossa* (2016), Story, Screenplay
- *Tale of Tales* (2015), Screenplay, Story
- *La scuola più bella del mondo* (2014), Screenplay
- *The Hole* (2014), Writer
- *The Ideal City* (2013), Screenplay
- *La logica delle cose* (2013), Writer
- *It Was the Son* (2012), Screenplay
- *Reality* (2012), Screenplay, Story
- *È nata una star?* (2012), Screenplay
- *Tatanka* (2011), Screenplay, Writer
- *Welcome to the South* (2010), Screenplay
- *The Past Is a Foreign Land* (2008), Screenplay
- *Gomorrah* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)
- *Mid-August Lunch* (2008), as Art Direction · Supervising Art Director
- *One Out of Two* (2007), Screenplay
- *First Love* (2004), Screenplay, Story
- *The Embalmer* (2002), Screenplay, Story
- *Light of My Eyes* (2001), as The Traveller
- *Roman Summer* (2000), Screenplay, Story
- *La vita è una sola* (1999), Director, Writer
- *The Case of Force Majeure* (1998), as Massimo · Director, Writer
- *Il caricatore* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Desiderio*, Screenplay
- *Bianco*, Screenplay
- *Colt*, Writer
- *Il primo giorno di vita di Leonardo Revelli, figlio unico*, Screenplay

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 4 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Dogman*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Dogman*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2018: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Dogman*
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2011: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Welcome to the South*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2008: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Gomorrah*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2008: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (won), for *Gomorrah*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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