Spouse(s) Julia cattaneo Parents Tony Cattaneo | Role Filmmaker Name Peter Cattaneo | |
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Children Freddie Cattaneo Louis Cattaneo Sonny Cattaneo Stalls Cattaneo Awards Goya Award for Best European Film Movies The Full Monty, The Rocker, Opal Dream, Lucky Break, Loved Up Similar People William Snape, Steve Huison, Paul Barber, Mark Addy, Hugo Speer | ||
Positive films: The Full Monty
Peter Joseph Cattaneo (born 1 July 1964) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and two-time Bafta winning English filmmaker most famous for directing the hit British film The Full Monty (1997).
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Life and career
Cattaneo was born and brought up in Twickenham, London, England. His father was a London-born animator of Italian descent. After attending Leeds Polytechnic for a foundation art course, and graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1989, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for Dear Rosie (1990). He went on to make his feature film debut with The Full Monty (1997), which was a smash success both in the UK and internationally. The comedy grossed £160,049,344 at the box office on a £3 million budget and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director.
Cattaneo has since directed several films including Opal Dream (2006) and The Rocker (2008). He has also directed every episode of the award winning comedy television series Rev. for BBC Two. He was awarded an MBE in 1998.