Pupi Avati
Known For
Directing
Born
1938-11-03 in Bologna, Italy
Biography
Pupi (Giuseppe) Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and played in the Doctor Dixie Jazz Band, of which Lucio Dalla was also a member.[3] Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati felt he lacked the necessary talent. In the mid-1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema after seeing Federico Fellini's 8½ and its portrait of the role of a director.[4] Avati's passion for music, as well as his love for his hometown, which was the setting of many of his films, were to become recurrent themes found in his productions.
Most Known For
Domenica In
as Self
L'incanto
as Self
Biasanòt
Painted Screams
as Sé stesso
Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte
Quelli che il cinema
as Self
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
as Self
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
Hangmen, Masques and Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
as Self
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
as Self
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
as Himself
Portrait Of My Father
as Self
Souvenir d'Italie
Bava Puzzle
as Himself
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self
