Giuseppe Tornatore
Known For
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.
Most Known For
Cinema Paradiso
as Projectionist (uncredited)
Ennio
as Self
Cinque mondi
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
Quelli che il cinema
as Self
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
Titanus 1904
as Self
Ennio Morricone
as Self
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
as Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
as Self
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
as Self
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
as Self
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
as Self
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
as Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
as Proiezionista
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
as Self