Giovanni Veronesi

Giovanni Veronesi
Veronesi in 2009
Born (1962-08-31) 31 August 1962 (age 62)
Prato, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • actor
Years active1985–present
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Giovanni Veronesi (born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi.

He started his career writing scripts for directors such as Francesco Nuti, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Massimo Ceccherini and Carlo Verdone. He debuted as film director with Maramao in 1987, before reaching commercial success with What Will Happen to Us (2004). He is known for his Manual of Love romantic comedy trilogy: Manual of Love (2005), Manual of Love 2 (2007) and The Ages of Love (2011).

His partner is actress Valeria Solarino, whom Veronesi directed in What Will Happen to Us.