Giuseppe Tornatore

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

May 27, 1956 (age 69)

Place of Birth

Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia

Also Known As

Peppuccio Tornatore

Giuseppe Tornatore

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.

Known For

Filmography

2026FilmAldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francisas Self2025TVQuelli che il cinemaas Self2025FilmFerdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombraas Self2024FilmTitanus 1904as Self2022FilmSergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented Americaas Self2022FilmEnnioas Self2021FilmAll Star - Ritorno al cinemaas Proiezionista2020FilmGood Morning, the Wind Blowsas Himself2019FilmCitizen Rosias Self2019FilmCecchi Gori - Una famiglia italianaas Self2019FilmCarlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosaas Self2018Film24/25 Il fotogramma in piùas Self2016FilmCinque mondias Self2015FilmI Don't Know the Men of this City2015FilmBorn in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europaas Self2014FilmGiuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera primaas Self2014FilmEnrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colorias Self2014FilmTutte le storie di Piera2014FilmCinema Italiano: Moments of Truthas Self2014FilmC'era una volta il prossimamenteas Self2010FilmDante Ferretti: Production Designeras Self2010FilmL'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardoas Self2009FilmFranco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso2007FilmIntervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema2006FilmA Bear and a Mouse in Paradiseas Self2006FilmSartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinemaas Self2006FilmMarcello, una vita dolceas Self2004FilmThe Filmmaker and the Labyrinthas Self2002FilmThe Magic of Fellinias Self (archive footage)2000FilmA Dream of Sicilyas Self1997FilmThe Man with the Cigar in His Mouthas Self1995FilmEnnio Morriconeas Self1988FilmCinema Paradisoas Projectionist (uncredited)FilmThe Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso

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