Biography
Matteo Tortone was born in Pinerolo in 1982 and graduated in Literature from the University of Turin. Since 2006 he has worked in cinema as a director, screenwriter, producer and cinematographer.
With Alessandro Baltera he co-directed White Men, presented at Festival dei Popoli and awarded at Kazan Film Festival. As a cinematographer he worked, among others, on Alessandro Abba Legnazzi’s Rada, awarded for cinematography at Krakow Film Festival, and on Joël Akafou’s Traverser, presented at the Berlinale. In 2016 he co-founded Malfé Film. His first feature as director, Mother Lode, was presented at Venice Critics’ Week after receiving the Eurimages Lab Project Award. Sunday Night, a 2024 short film, closed SIC@SIC and won the 2025 David di Donatello for Best Short Film.
