Giuseppe Tornatore
Directing
Born: 1956-05-27 in 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.
Known For
Cinema Paradiso
Projectionist (uncredited)
Ennio
Self
Cinque mondi
Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Self
The Magic of Fellini
Self (archive footage)
Steno
Sé stesso
Tutte le storie di Piera
Ennio Morricone
Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
Self
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Titanus 1904
Self
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Self
Citizen Rosi
Self
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
Self
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
Self
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
Proiezionista
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Self
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
Self
The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente
Self
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Self
A Dream of Sicily
Self
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra
Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
Self
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
Self
