Giuseppe Tornatore
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.
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- 2024 · Titanus 1904 as Self
- 2022 · Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America as Self
- 2022 · Ennio as Self
- 2021 · All Star - Ritorno al cinema as Proiezionista
- 2020 · Good Morning, the Wind Blows as Himself
- 2019 · Citizen Rosi as Self
- 2019 · Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana as Self
- 2019 · Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa as Self
- 2018 · 24/25 Il fotogramma in più as Self
- 2016 · Cinque mondi as Self
- 2015 · Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa as Self
- 2014 · Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima as Self
- 2014 · Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori as Self
- 2014 · Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth as Self
- 2014 · C'era una volta il prossimamente as Self
- 2010 · Dante Ferretti: Production Designer as Self
- 2010 · L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo as Self
- 2009 · Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso as
- 2006 · A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise as Self
- 2006 · Marcello, una vita dolce as Self
- 2004 · The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth as Self
- 2002 · The Magic of Fellini as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 · A Dream of Sicily as Self
- 1997 · The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth as Self
- 1995 · Ennio Morricone as Self
- 1988 · Cinema Paradiso as Projectionist (uncredited)