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.
