Matteo Creatini Explained

Matteo Creatini (born 25 November 1995), also known as Matteo Crea, is an Italian actor, singer-songwriter and rapper.

Career

Matteo Creatini was born on 25 November 1995, in Florence, but grew up in Rosignano Solvay, in the province of Livorno.^{[1] [2]} He started writing songs and playing the guitar from a young age and made his film debut at eleven in Paolo Virzì's Napoleon and Me in 2006.^{[3] [4]}

In 2014, he played the lead role of Edo in Short Skin, a film centered on the struggles of a young man with phimosis.^{[5] [6]}

In the same year, he made his debut as a singer with the EP Always C.R.E.A.M., in collaboration with the Milanese group Always Fresh Motherfucker.^[7] The following year, he released MxM under the name Crema. He later changed his musical project name to CreMa dé Sodaboy, releasing the EPs Sodaboy (2016) and Ce l'ho fatta vol. 1 (2017), and then to Sodaboi, under which he released the EP Problemi in 2018.^{[8] [9]}

In 2019, he appeared in Emilia Mazzacurati's short film Manica a vento.^[10] In 2022, he played Iacopo, one of the three protagonists in the film Margins, directed by Niccolò Falsetti.^{[11] [12]} The film earned him a nomination for the David di Donatello for Best Original Song and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Original Song for the track "La palude".^{[13] [14]}

That same year, he performed at Firenze Rocks as the opening act for Green Day,^[15] and released an album titled Io non sono mai felice, under the name Matteo Crea.^{[16] [17]} Additionally, his single "A casa dei miei" was featured by Apple Music in the Up Next Italia program, with a performance in Piazza del Liberty in Milan.^{[18] [19] [20]}

Filmography

Notes

2006	Napoleon and Me	Bruno	Film debut
2014	Short Skin	Edoardo	Lead role
2019	Manica a vento	Boy in the elevator	Short film
2022	Margins	Iacopo	Lead role

Discography

Studio albums

• Io non sono mai felice (BMG, 2022)

EPs

• Always C.R.E.A.M. (2014) with Always Fresh Motherfuckers
• MXM (2015)
• Sodaboy (2016)
• Ce l'ho fatta vol. 1 (2017)
• Problemi (2018)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Matteo Creatini: 'La mia vita fluida tra cinema e pop'. la Repubblica. 8 January 2023.
2. Web site: Matteo Crea: nel singolo d'esordio, "A casa dei miei", l'inno di una generazione confusa ma dal forte senso di indipendenza. All Music Italia. 19 May 2022.
3. Web site: Firenze Rocks - Matteo Crea. Firenze Rocks.
4. Web site: I guai del sesso tra i teenager italiani: una clip esclusiva da Short Skin. Film.it.
5. Web site: I film in sala dal 3 maggio. Paolo Mereghetti. Paola Piacenza. iO Donna. 3 May 2015.
6. Web site: Il ritratto di una generazione nelle fragilità del giovane Edo. Corriere della Sera. 20 April 2015.
7. Web site: La storia di Matteo attore per caso già noto sui red carpet. Il Tirreno. 16 June 2015.
8. Web site: Sodaboi è fresco come un polaretto. the Submarine. 21 May 2018.
9. Web site: Sodaboi produce buona musica di origine controllata. La casa del rap. 26 May 2018.
10. Web site: Lago Film Fest. GIURIA VENETO – LFF2021. Lago Fest.
11. Web site: Con il film “Margini” un rosignanese in lizza al David di Donatello. Il Tirreno. 1 April 2023.
12. Web site: Margini, dramedy di formazione a tempo di punk. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata. 2 September 2022.
13. Web site: David di Donatello 2023, tutte le candidature. Rai Cinema.
14. Web site: Nastri d'Argento 2023, dai film agli attori. Tutte le candidature. Sky TG24. 1 June 2023.
15. Web site: Matteo Crea - A Firenze apre ai Green Day. Musica Dal Palco. 31 May 2022.
16. News: Matteo Crea: 'Io non sono mai felice ma sono sempre super sincero'. Fabrizio Basso. Sky TG24. 14 December 2022.
17. Web site: 'Io non sono mai felice': Matteo Crea racconta il nuovo album traccia per traccia. 5 December 2022. Billboard.
18. Web site: Up Next Italia porta Alfa, Kaze, Ditonellapiaga e Matteo Crea in Piazza Liberty a Milano. Billboard. 6 July 2022.
19. Web site: Apple Music presenta Up Next Italia: Alfa, Matteo Crea, Ditonellapiaga e Kaze. Radio Italia.
20. Web site: "Up Next Italia": il live di Alfa, Matteo Crea, Ditonellapiaga e Kaze. Cecilia Uzzo. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. 7 July 2022.