Directing
Giuseppe Tornatore
IT, ZH, EN, DE cinema · 61 credits
Born
27 May 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
Also known as Peppuccio 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.
Known for
Filmography
With Her Eyes
Writer
The First Dollar
The First Dollar
Director, Writer
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Director, Writer
Ennio
as Self, Director, Story, Screenplay
Steno
as Sé stesso
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
as Proiezionista
Devotion
Director
Citizen Rosi
as Self
Cinque mondi
as Self
Correspondence
Writer, Director
The Best Offer
Director, Writer
Il Mago di Esselunga
Director, Writer
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self, Director
Baaria
Director, Writer
Everybody's Fine
Original Film Writer
The Unknown Woman
Director, Screenplay
The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
Malena
Director, Screenplay
The Legend of 1900
Screenplay, Director, Writer
Bakunin's Son
Producer
Ennio Morricone
as Self
The Star Maker
Director, Screenplay, Story
Lo schermo a tre punte
1995
Lo schermo a tre punte
Director, Screenplay
A Pure Formality
Director, Story, Screenplay, Editor
Especially on Sunday
Director, Adaptation
The King of Ads
Director
Everybody's Fine
Director, Writer
Cinema Paradiso
as Projectionist (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Story
The Professor
Director, Screenplay, Story
One Hundred Days in Palermo
Second Unit Director, Screenplay