---
name: "Roberto Saviano"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roberto-saviano"
fi1m_id: "roberto-saviano"
imdb_id: "nm2500207"
tmdb_id: 72766
wikidata_id: "Q25163"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 September 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:00:54.584977+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."
---

# Roberto Saviano

## Identity

Roberto Saviano

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roberto-saviano
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roberto-saviano
- **IMDb ID:** nm2500207
- **TMDB ID:** 72766
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25163
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Saviano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2500207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72766

Writer. Born 22 September 1979 in Naples, Campania, Italy.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 September 1979, Naples, Campania, Italy
- **Also known as:** 罗伯托·萨维亚诺, 罗伯特·萨维亚诺
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Saviano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25163, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2500207/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72766

## Biography

Roberto Saviano is an Italian writer, journalist and screenwriter. Born in Naples in 1979, he studied philosophy at the University of Naples Federico II before beginning his career in investigative journalism in the early 2000s, writing for publications including Diario and Il manifesto.

His 2006 book Gomorrah, an account of the Camorra crime syndicate, became an international bestseller. Saviano contributed to the screenplay, story and novel for the 2008 film adaptation directed by Matteo Garrone. His other works include ZeroZeroZero (2013) and Piranhas (2016). Since the publication of Gomorrah he has lived under police protection following death threats.

Saviano has received awards including the Premio Viareggio for Gomorrah.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, treccani.it.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gomorrah* (2008), Fi1m 84, Screenplay, Novel, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Gomorrah: The Origins* (2026), series, Writer, Creator
- *R.I.P. - Roast-in-Peace* (2025), series, Actor
- *Il Grande Romanzo della Bibbia - i peccati dell'uomo* (2025), Actor
- *Il Grande Romanzo della Bibbia - La creazione* (2025), Actor
- *The Man Who Wanted to Change the World* (2025), series, Actor
- *A Story Called Gomorrah - The Series* (2021), series, as Creator
- *Dangerous Old People* (2021), series, Creator
- *ZeroZeroZero* (2020), series, Novel, Executive Producer
- *Piranhas* (2019), Story, Screenplay, Novel
- *Be Kind* (2018), Actor
- *Il mondo dei Narcos* (2018), series, as Narratore · Creator
- *Kings of Crime* (2017), series, Presenter
- *Ferrante Fever* (2017), Actor
- *Gomorrah* (2014), series, Creator
- *Tatanka* (2011), Novel, Idea, Story
- *Gomorrah* (2008), Novel, Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)
- *Vieni via con me*, series, Creator
- *I'm Still Alive*, Author, Director, Book, Screenplay
- *Super Santos*, Screenplay, Novel
- *L'amore mio non muore*, Novel

## Gallery

- ![Roberto Saviano](https://film.one/media/person/100019/gallery-d9b59770d6fa.jpg) Roberto Saviano — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/MJK_38800_Roberto_Saviano_%28Berlinale_2019%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_38800_Roberto_Saviano_%28Berlinale_2019%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/100019/gallery-8f61af63e6ff.jpg) Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022. — Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_01.jpg/1280px-FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/100019/gallery-a2659d015d99.jpg) Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022. — Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_02.jpg/1280px-FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/100019/gallery-0949d4a6271b.jpg) Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022. — Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_03.jpg/1280px-FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/100019/gallery-39c8dccc9bb2.jpg) Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022. — Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_04.jpg/1280px-FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022.](https://film.one/media/person/100019/gallery-a87e4ef5925e.jpg) Rencontre Roberto Saviano et Asaf Hanuka, Festival d'Angoulême 2022. — Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_05.jpg/1280px-FIBD2022SavianoHanuka_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 11 won, 1 nominated

- European University Film Award 2019: European University Film Award (nominated), for *Piranhas*
- M100 Media Award 2016: M100 Media Award (won)
- Olof Palme Prize 2011: Olof Palme Prize (won)
- Pinter International Writer of Courage Award 2011: Pinter International Writer of Courage Award (won)
- Geschwister-Scholl-Preis 2009: Geschwister-Scholl-Preis (won)
- Martinetto Award 2009: Martinetto Award (won)
- Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien 2009: Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien (won)
- 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*
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Cultural and Political Journalism 2008: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Award for Cultural and Political Journalism (won)
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Awards 2008: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán Awards (won)
- Viareggio Prize 2006: Viareggio Prize (won)

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

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