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Vittorio Sodano (Victor) is an Italian make-up artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work in Apocalypto (2006) 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 2023, 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

References

  1. ^ "The 79th Academy Awards (2007) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. Jennings, Sheri (8 May 2009). "Gomorrah leads winners at David Di Donatello Awards". Screen International. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

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