He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work in Apocalypto (2006) and for Il divo (2010).
At the age 16, in London, he began his work as a make-up artist as a sculptor] and prosthodontist in a laboratory for film special effects.
With considerable knowledge in the field of special effects make-up artist and application of prosthesis he began to assert himself in the Italian and European cinema, becoming a personal make-up artist of Italian actresses Margherita Buy, Laura Morante, Mariangela Melato and Valeria Golino.
In 2023, he worked as make-up supervisor for the film Joachim and the Apocalypse by Jordan River.
In 2007 Sodano got his first Oscar nomination for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson[1] and a second one in 2010 for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.