title: Alessandro Genovesi
text: # Alessandro Genovesi
  
  Alessandro Genovesi (born 10 January 1973) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Born in Milan, Genovesi started his professional career on stage, first as an actor and later as a playwright and a director. He had his breakout in 2007, with the play Happy Family he wrote and directed; the play won several awards, and in 2010 it was adapted in a film with the same title directed by Gabriele Salvatores in which Genovesi served as a screenwriter and an assistant director.
  
  Genovesi made his directorial film debut in 2011 with The Worst Week of My Life, which was a box office success and led to a sequel, still directed by Genovesi.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  * The Worst Week of My Life (2011)
  * The Worst Christmas of My Life (2013)
  * Soap Opera (2014)
  * What a Beautiful Surprise (2015)
  * My Big Gay Italian Wedding (2018)
  * When Mom Is Away (2019)
  * When Mom Is Away... With the Family (2020)
  * 7 Women and a Murder (2021)
  