Born in 1959, Mario Martone began to work in 1977 and founded the Falso Movimenti theater company, with which he staged productions that combined theater, cinema and the visual arts. In 1991, he directed his first feature film, Death of a Naopolitan Mathematician which won the Jury Grand Prize at Venice. Founder of the Théâtre Unis, he has made many shorts and documentaries and filmed numerous stage productions, including the Teatri Uniti manifesto, Rasoi. He has been directing the Teatro di Roma since 1999.