Career

Cattaneo was born in Twickenham, London, England. Soon after graduating 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 was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director.

Cattaneo has since directed several films including Opal Dream (2005) and The Rocker (2008). He has also directed every episode of the award winning comedy television series Rev. for BBC2. He was awarded an MBE in 1998.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Notes
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
2000	Lucky Break	Also Producer
2005	Opal Dream	Also Writer
2008	The Rocker

Television

Year	Title	Notes
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

[ Source: Wikipedia ]