Ivan Cotroneo is an Italian writer, scriptwriter, and director, known for I Am Love (2009), and Loose Cannons (2010), and his directorial debut feature film Kryptonite!

After abandoning his law studies, Ivan Cotroneo moved to Rome, where he graduated in scriptwriting from the Experimental Center of Cinematography in 1992.

[5][6] Cotroneo second directorial feature is the film One Kiss, based on his own book with the same name, released in Italian cinemas on March 31, 2016.

He adapted the Italian editions of Closer by Patrick Marber and The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis.

[citation needed] Cotroneo published a collection of essays Il piccolo libro della rabbia (The Little Book of Anger) in 1999.