Peter Cattaneo

 ( 1964 Births ) 

Peter Joseph Cattaneo MBE (born 1 July 1964) is a British filmmaker. He is most known for directing the comedy film The Full Monty,

for which he won the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.

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Life and career Cattaneo was brought up in Twickenham, London. His father was a London-born animator of Italian descent. After attending London College of Printing for an art foundation course, and Leeds Polytechnic for a BA in Graphic Design (Film), he graduated 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 Cattaneo received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Cattaneo has since directed several films, including Lucky Break (2001), Opal Dream (2006) and The Rocker (2008). He has also directed a multitude of commercials, as well as every episode of the award-winning comedy television series Rev. for BBC Two.

He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1998 Birthday Honours "for services to the British Film Industry."United Kingdom list:

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Filmography

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Film

1990	Dear Rosie	Short film subject Nominated – Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
1997	The Full Monty	MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker Nominated – Academy Award for Best Director Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Direction
2001	Lucky Break	Also producer
2006	Opal Dream	Also writer
2008	The Rocker
2019	Military Wives
2024	The Penguin Lessons

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Television

1993	Teenage Health Freak	TV series 6 episodes
1993–1994	The Bill	TV series 2 episodes
2010–2012	Little Crackers	TV series 4 episodes
2010–2014	Rev.	TV series 19 episodes
2016	The A Word	TV series 3 episodes
2017	Diana & I	TV movie
2022	Magpie Murders	TV series 6 episodes

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