Vittorio Sodano

Vittorio Sodano (Victor) is an Italian make-up artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work in Apocalypto and for Il divo (2010).

He was born in Naples on September 1, 1974. At the age 16, in London, he began his work as a make-up artist as a sculptor] and prosthodontist in a laboratory for film special effects. In 1996, he made his début in cinema with the film Prima che il tramonto (Before the Sunset) by Stefano Incerti, for which he won an award for make-up and special effects at the Locarno Film Festival. With considerable knowledge in the field of special effects make-up artist and application of prosthesis he began to assert himself in the Italian and European cinema, becoming a personal make-up artist of Italian actresses Margherita Buy, Laura Morante, Mariangela Melato and Valeria Golino. In 2024, he worked as make-up supervisor for the film Joachim and the Apocalypse by Jordan River.

Awards and nominations In 2007 Sodano got his first Oscar nomination for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson and a second one in 2010 for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino. In 2009 he won the "David of Donatello" for the same film in the make-up artist category.

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) 2000 - Against the Wind by Peter del Monte 2001 - Three Wives by Marco Risi 2001 - The Ignorant Fairies by Ferzan Özpetek 2002 - Incompreso by Enrico Oldoini (TV) 2002 - The Best Day of My Life by Cristina Comencini 2003 - It Can't Be All Our Fault by Carlo Verdone 2003 - The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII by Ricky Tognazzi (TV) 2003 - Remember Me, My Love by Gabriele Muccino 2004 - Part-time by Angelo Longoni 2004 - Love Returns by Sergio Rubini 2004 - The Vanity Serum by Alex Infascelli 2004 - Nero by Paul Marcus (TV) 2005 - Empire of the Wolves 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 and Enzo Monteleone (TV) 2007 - The Hideout by Pupi Avati 2008 - Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino 2008 -The Dust of Time by Theo Angelopoulos 2009 - I, Don Giovanni by Carlos Saura 2010 - We Believed by Mario Martone 2012 - Safe House by Daniel Espinosa 2012 - The Ideal City di Luigi Lo Cascio 2014 - Un mondo nuovo by Alberto Negrin (TV) 2015 - A Bigger Splash by Luca Guadagnino 2015 - Bite by Alberto Sciamma 2016 - Ballad in Blood by Ruggero Deodato 2018 - Reckless by Marco Ponti 2018 - Beate by Samad Zarmandili 2019 - Nati 2 volte by Pierluigi Di Lallo 2021- I Am Santa Claus by Edoardo Falcone 2022 - Paradise Valley by Carlo Fusco 2023 - The Goat by Ilaria Borrelli 2024 - Joachim and the Apocalypse by Jordan River