Stefano Sollima

Stefano Sollima (; born 4 May 1966) is an Italian director and screenwriter.

He is best known for his gritty crime-drama films such as ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards (2012), Suburra (2015), and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), as well as the television series Romanzo criminale – La serie (2006–2008), Gomorrah (2014–2021), and ZeroZeroZero (2020).

Early life Born in Rome, Sollima is the son of Italian cult director and screenwriter Sergio Sollima. He started his career as a camera operator realizing numerous reports from war zones for several television networks, including CNN, CBS, and NBC. In 2003, Sollima wrote and directed black-and-white short film Zippo, which was presented in competition at the 2003 Venice Film Festival and at the Sitges Film Festival.

In 2012 Sollima made his feature film debut with the police brutality drama ACAB – All Cops Are Bastards, for which he received a David di Donatello and a Nastro d'Argento nomination for the Best New Director award. From 2014, he served as the main director of Sky Cinema's acclaimed crime-drama series Gomorrah, based on the 2006 non-fiction book of the same name by Roberto Saviano and its previous film adaptation. In 2017 the movie was adapted by Netflix into a prequel television series, the first Italian Netflix Original Series.

In 2018, Sollima made his English language film debut with the action crime thriller Sicario: Day of the Soldado, described as an "anthological sequel" to Sicario (2015), starring Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin.

The same year, he began shooting the internationally co-produced crime TV series ZeroZeroZero, which he also co-created, about global cocaine trade from South America to Europe. Based on Roberto Saviano's non-fiction book of the same name, the show stars Dane DeHaan, Gabriel Byrne and Andrea Riseborough.

AlterEgo

AlterEgo S.r.l., doing business as AlterEgo, is an Italian film and television production company. It was founded by Stefano Sollima, Gina Gardini and Ludovico Purgatori.

History In 2024 it was announced that Stefano Sollima, Gina Gardini and Ludovico Purgatori had founded the production company AlterEgo. In 2023 it made its theatrical debut with Adagio (2023 film), a film by Stefano Sollima, produced in collaboration with The Apartment (production company) and distributed by Vision Distribution, which had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion. In 2024 AlterEgo signed an exclusive first-look deal with Fremantle (company) to collaborate on the development of original films and series. In 2025 they produced The Monster of Florence (2025 miniseries), a four-episode TV series directed by Stefano Sollima, produced in collaboration with The Apartment for Netflix, and presented at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films Year Title Director Writer Notes 1991 Thanks 1992 Ipocrites 1993 Sotto le unghie 2003 Zippo 2018 The Legend of Red Hand Promoting Campari

Television Year Title Director Writer Producer