Jonathan Nossiter has directed five feature films, with the most recent being "Rio Sex Comedy" in 2010, starring Charlotte Rampling, Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, and Fisher Stevens.
His documentary "Mondovino" was nominated for the Palme D'Or in Cannes in 2004 and was released in over 40 countries. The film was also turned into a 10-part series, which premiered at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2006.
Nossiter co-wrote and directed "Signs & Wonders" in 2000, a psychological thriller set in Greece, starring Charlotte Rampling and Stellan Skarsgard. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.
His other films include "Sunday" in 1997, a black comedy starring David Suchet and Lisa Harrow, which won several awards at film festivals, and "Resident Alien" in 1991, a comedy mixing documentary and fiction about the end of Manhattan's bohemia.
Nossiter has also made several non-theatrical documentaries, including "Losing The Thread" and "Searching for Arthur". He has written a book called "Liquid Memory", which won the World Gourmand Award for Best Book of Wine Literature in 2008.
Nossiter studied painting and Ancient Greek, and worked as an assistant director in English theatre and on a film directed by Adrian Lyne. He is a trained sommelier and has made wine lists for several restaurants.
Born in Washington D.C. in 1961, Nossiter grew up in several countries and is now a dual national of the United States and Brazil. He lives in Rio de Janeiro with his wife, photographer-documentary filmmaker Paula Prandini, and their three children.
