1956-05-27 ( 68 years old ) in Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
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.
Movies
Titanus 1904
2024-10-17
Ennio
2022-02-17
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021-08-31
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020-12-10
Citizen Rosi
2019-11-18
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019-10-26
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
2018-09-01
Cinque mondi
2016-10-10
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014-06-26
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014-06-17
C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014-04-22
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010-09-10
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009-09-16
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
2006-12-01
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006-10-15
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006-05-21
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004-06-17
The Magic of Fellini
2002-01-27
A Dream of Sicily
2000-06-09
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997-08-06
Ennio Morricone
1995-01-01
Cinema Paradiso
1988-11-17
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