‘Bones And All’ & ‘The Hand Of God’ Producer Lorenzo Mieli Reflects On His Career And Teases ‘The Young Pope’ Season 3 With Paolo Sorrentino — London Film Festival
deadline.comItalian producer Lorenzo Mieli gave a spirited and often humorous rundown of his career as a producer working with directors such as Luca Guadagnino and Paolo Sorrentino during a keynote talk at the London Film Festival Monday.
Mieli is best known for his work on HBO’s hit TV adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend. His most recent credits include Guadagnino’s Venice-winner Bones And All and Sorrentino’s The Hand Of God.
However, Mieli revealed that his working relationship with Sorrentino goes back many years to when he was an executive at Fremantle and was tasked with producing the music competition show The X-Factor. “I asked Paolo Sorrentino to be a judge on X-Factor.
That was my first idea,” Mieli said. “Luckily for him, he said no, but he was tempted. We spent a few days talking about it.
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