Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian director and screenwriter whose features include The Great Beauty (Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film), Il Divo (Cannes Jury Prize), The Hand of God (Venice Grand Jury Prize), Youth, and Loro, plus the HBO series The Young Pope and The New Pope with Jude Law and John Malkovich. Alongside features he has directed a small slate of luxury brand films and commercials: In the Mirror for Yamamay (2011), Sabbia for Armani (2014), The Dream (2014) and Unexpected Wonders (2022) for Bulgari, Killer in Red for Campari (2017, starring Clive Owen), Hennessy V.S.O.P – Enter the Show (2022), and Moncler – Winter Can’t Wait (2024). The spots emphasize fashion-lifestyle and elevated narrative short-form rather than volume advertising. US representation is listed with Serial Pictures. Announced Jennifer Lawrence projects were confirmed cancelled in 2025. Commercial work remains intermittent auteur brand films rather than full-time spots directing.