Giuseppe Tornatore
Born May 27, 1956 (Age: 69)
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Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
Biography
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for RAI before releasing his first full-length film, Il Camorrista, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audience and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director. Tornatore's best known screen work was released in 1988: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a film narrating the life of a successful film director who has returned to his native town in Sicily for the funeral of his mentor. This obtained worldwide success and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Subsequently Tornatore released several other films. In 2007 he won the Silver George for Best Director at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival for The Unknown Woman.
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for RAI before releasing his first full-length film, Il Camorrista, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audience and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director. Tornatore's best known screen work was released in 1988: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a film narrating the life of a successful film director who has returned to his native town in Sicily for the funeral of his mentor. This obtained worldwide success and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Subsequently Tornatore released several other films. In 2007 he won the Silver George for Best Director at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival for The Unknown Woman.
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Filmography
Ennio
2022
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as Self
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Age: 65
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
2019
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as Self
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Age: 63
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010
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as Self
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Age: 54
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
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as Self
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Age: 54
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
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as
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Age: 53
No Image
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
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as
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Age: 51
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
2006
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as Self
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Age: 50
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006
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as Self
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Age: 50
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
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as Self
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Age: 49
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
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as Self
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Age: 48
The Magic of Fellini
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 45
A Dream of Sicily
2000
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as Self
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Age: 44
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997
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as Self
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Age: 41
Cinema Paradiso
1988
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as Projectionist (uncredited)
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Age: 32