Vittorio Sodano is an Italian make-up artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Makeup

Academy Award for Makeup

The Academy Award for Best Makeup is the Oscar given to the best achievement in makeup for film. Usually, only three films are nominated each year rather than five as in most categories...

 for his work in Apocalypto

Apocalypto

Apocalypto is a 2006 American epic action-adventure film directed by Mel Gibson. Set in Yucatan, Mexico, during the declining period of the Maya civilization, Apocalypto depicts the journey of a Mesoamerican tribesman who must escape human sacrifice and rescue his family after the capture and...

(2006) and for Il divo

Il Divo (film)

Il Divo is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize...

(2010).
Born in Naples on September the 1st 1974, he began his work as a makeup artist in London at the age of 16 years as a sculptor and prosthodontist in a laboratory for special movie's effects. In 1996 he made his debut in cinema with the film 'Prima che il tramonto' (Before the Sunset) by Stefano Incerti, for which he gets an award for Makeup and Special Effects at the Locarno Film Festival. With considerable knowledge in the field of special effects make-up and application of prosthesis begins to assert itself in the Italian and European cinema, becoming a personal makeup artist of Italian's actresses Margherita Buy, Laura Morante, Mariangela Melato and Valeria Golino. Vittorio Sodano has also taught at several academies of fine arts and in 2007 he got his first Oscar nomination for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson and a second one in 2010 for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino
On 2009 he won the 'David of Donatello ' (an Italian important award) for the same movie 'Il Divo'in the makeup artist category
Awards and nominations:

* 2007 - Oscar Nomination for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson.
* 2007 - Award Cinearti 'La chioma di Berenice' for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson.
* 2008 - Award Cinearti 'La chioma di Berenice' for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.
* 2009 - Italian award 'David di Donatello' for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.
* 2010 - Oscar Nomination for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.

Filmography:

* 1996 - Il fratello minore by Stefano Gigli.
* 1999 - Prima del tramonto by Stefano Incerti.
* 1999 - Le madri by Angelo Longoni (TV movie).
* 2000 - Controvento by Peter del Monte.
* 2001 - Tre mogli by Marco Risi.
* 2001 - Le fate ignoranti by Ferzan Ozpetek.
* 2002 - Incompreso by Enrico Oldoini (TV MOVIE).
* 2002 - Il più bel giorno della mia vita by Cristina Comencini.
* 2003 - Ma che colpa abbiamo noi? by Carlo Verdone.
* 2003 - Il Papa Buono by Ricky Tognazzi (TV MOVIE).
* 2003 - Ricordati di me by Gabriele Muccino.
* 2004 - Part time by Angelo Longoni.
* 2004 - L'amore ritorna by Sergio Rubini.
* 2004 - Il siero delle vanità by Alex Infascelli.
* 2004 - Nerone by Paul Marcus (TV MOVIE).
* 2005 - L'Impero dei lupi by Chris Nahon.
* 2005 - Casanova BY Lasse Hallstrom.
* 2006 - Fade to black by Oliver Parker.
* 2006 - Liscio by Claudio Antonini.
* 2006 - Tre donne morali by Marcello Garofalo.
* 2006 - Apocalypto by Mel Gibson.
* 2006 - The black dahlia by Brian de Palma.
* 2007 - Il capo dei capi by Alexis Cahill e Enzo Monteleone (TV).
* 2007 - Il nascondiglio by Pupi Avati.
* 2008 - Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.
* 2008 - Trilogia II: I skoni tou hronou di Theodoros Angelopoulos.
* 2009 - Io Don Giovanni by Carlos Saura.
* 2010 - Noi credevamo by Mario Martone.

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