Giuseppe Tornatore
Directing
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
Directing25
movieEnnio
2022
Director
movieDevotion
2020
Director
movieCorrespondence
2016
Director
movieThe Best Offer
2013
Director
movieIl Mago di Esselunga
2011
Director
movieBaaria
2009
Director
movieThe Unknown Woman
2006
Director
movieMalena
2000
Director
movieThe Legend of 1900
1998
Director
movieThe Star Maker
1995
Director
movieA Pure Formality
1994
Director
movieThe King of Ads
1991
Director
movieEspecially on Sunday
1991
Director
movieEverybody's Fine
1990
Director
movieCinema Paradiso
1988
Director
movieThe Professor
1986
Director
movieOne Hundred Days in Palermo
1984
Second Unit Director
Paradiso
Director
Acting34
movieEnnio
2022
Self
movieAll Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
Proiezionista
movieThe Magic of Fellini
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieCinema Paradiso
1988
Projectionist (uncredited)
Writing22
movieEnnio
2022
Story, Screenplay
movieCorrespondence
2016
Writer
movieThe Best Offer
2013
Writer
movieEverybody's Fine
2009
Original Film Writer
movieBaaria
2009
Writer
movieThe Unknown Woman
2006
Screenplay
movieMalena
2000
Screenplay
movieThe Legend of 1900
1998
Screenplay, Writer
movieThe Star Maker
1995
Screenplay, Story
movieA Pure Formality
1994
Story, Screenplay
movieEspecially on Sunday
1991
Adaptation
movieCinema Paradiso
1988
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Professor
1986
Screenplay, Story
movieOne Hundred Days in Palermo
1984
Screenplay
movieWith Her Eyes
Writer
Paradiso
Writer
Creator2
Crew2
Production2
movieThe Prince's Manuscript
2000
Producer
movieBakunin's Son
1997
Producer