Giuseppe Tornatore
Giuseppe Tornatore | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 May 1956 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Awards | Academy Award |
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian movie director and screenwriter. He is said to be a very important Italian director.[1] His career was 30 years long. He is most know for directing and writing movies such as Everybody's Fine, The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer. His most famous movie is Cinema Paradiso. This movie won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also directed several advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana.[2]
Tornatore is also known for making many movies with the composer Ennio Morricone.[3][4]
Movies
Written and directed
- 1986: The Professor (Il camorrista)
- 1988: Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
- 1990: Everybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene)
- 1991: Especially on Sunday (segment "Il cane blu")
- 1994: A Pure Formality (Una pura formalità)
- 1995: The Star Maker (L'uomo delle stelle)
- 1995: Lo schermo a tre punte (documentary)
- 1996: Ritratti d'autore: seconda serie (documentary)
- 1998: The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano)
- 2000: Malèna
- 2006: The Unknown Woman (La sconosciuta)
- 2009: Baarìa
- 2013: The Best Offer (La migliore offerta)
- 2016: The Correspondence (La corrispondenza)
- 2021: Ennio - The Maestro (documentary)
- TBA: Cinema Paradiso - Miniseries
Screenplay
- Cento giorni a Palermo ("One Hundred Days in Palermo"), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara (1984) - Tornatore is credited under the name Peppuccio Tornatore
- The Best Offer (2013).
References
- ↑ Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," The Film Encyclopedia (New York: HarperResource, 2001), pp. 682-685.
- ↑ Valentina Zannoni (30 October 2011). "Funeral alla Dolce & Gabbana". Swide Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ↑ Moliterno, Gino (8 December 2020). Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-5381-1948-8.
- ↑ Moscati, Italo (1 December 2020). Ennio Morricone (in Italian). LIT EDIZIONI. p. 16. ISBN 978-88-3290-314-0.
Further reading
- Giuseppe Tornatore. Uno sguardo dal set a cura di Ninni Panzera, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2007
- L'isola di Tornatore a cura di Ninni Panzera, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2010
- Le Madonie, cinema ad alte quote di Sebastiano Gesù e Elena Russo, con introduzione di Francesco Novara e presentazione di Pasquale Scimeca, Giuseppe Maimone Editore, Catania 1995 (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso and L'Uomo delle Stelle)
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