Claim: Tale of Tales is directed by a man.

Matteo Garrone -LRB- born 15 October 1968 -RRB- is an Italian filmmaker . Born in Rome , the son of a theatre critic , Nico Garrone and a photographer , in 1996 Garrone won the Sacher d'Oro , an award sponsored by Nanni Moretti , with the short film Silhouette , that became one of the three episodes that are on his first long film Terra di Mezzo in 1997 . He won Best Director at the European Film Awards and at the David di Donatello Awards for Gomorrah . His film Reality competed in competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix .   His latest film Tale of Tales was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival .