
Michelangelo Antonioni
Biography
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer. Best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" — L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962), as well as the English-language Blowup (1966), Antonioni "redefined the concept of narrative cinema" and challenged traditional approaches to storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. He produced "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" and rejected action in favor of contemplation, focusing on image and design over character and story. His films defined a "cinema of possibilities".
Antonioni received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1960, 1962), Palme d'Or (1966), and 35th Anniversary Prize (1982); the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion (1955), Golden Lion (1964), FIPRESCI Prize (1964, 1995), and Pietro Bianchi Award (1998); the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon eight times; and an honorary Academy Award in 1995. He is one of three directors to have won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear, and the only director to have won these three and the Golden Leopard.
Acting (19 movies)

Cinéma et Réalité
1967

Close Up
2012

Un po' di Giappone
1990

Michelangelo Eye to Eye
2004

Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017

A Thousand and One Monica
2006

Antonioni visto da Antonioni
1978

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984

Words in Progress
2004

Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
2007

Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001

Room 666
1982

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965

Underground New York
1968

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002

Dear Antonioni
1995

Wandering Heart
2009

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018
Directing (35 movies)

Blow-Up
1966

Zabriskie Point
1970

L'Eclisse
1962

L'Avventura
1960

Love in the City
1953

Beyond the Clouds
1995

Chung Kuo: China
1972

Red Desert
1964

The Passenger
1975

Il Grido
1957

La Notte
1961

Le Amiche
1955

Eros
2004

Michelangelo Eye to Eye
2004

Story of a Love Affair
1950

Identification of a Woman
1982

The Vanquished
1953

The Lady Without Camelias
1953

The Three Faces
1965

12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989

Lies of Love
1949

The Mystery of Oberwald
1981

People of the Po Valley
1947

N.U.
1948

Il provino
1965

Superstition
1948

The Villa of Monsters
1950

The Funicular of Mount Faloria
1950

Un po' di Giappone
1990

Seven Reeds, One Dress
1948

Roma
1989

Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983

Kumbha Mela
1992

Noto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
1993

Sicily
1997
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| A Pilot Returns | 1942 | Screenplay |
| People of the Po Valley | 1947 | Writer |
| Tragic Hunt | 1947 | Screenplay |
| N.U. | 1948 | Writer |
| Seven Reeds, One Dress | 1948 | Writer |
| Superstition | 1948 | Writer |
| Lies of Love | 1949 | Writer |
| The Villa of Monsters | 1950 | Writer |
| Story of a Love Affair | 1950 | Screenplay |
| The Lady Without Camelias | 1953 | Screenplay |
| The Vanquished | 1953 | Screenplay |
| Love in the City | 1953 | Writer |
| Le Amiche | 1955 | Screenplay |
| Il Grido | 1957 | Screenplay |
| L'Avventura | 1960 | Screenplay |
| La Notte | 1961 | Screenplay |
| L'Eclisse | 1962 | Screenplay |
| Red Desert | 1964 | Screenplay |
| Il provino | 1965 | Writer |
| Blow-Up | 1966 | Screenplay |
| Zabriskie Point | 1970 | Screenplay |
| Chung Kuo: China | 1972 | Writer |
| The Passenger | 1975 | Screenplay |
| The Mystery of Oberwald | 1981 | Writer |
| Identification of a Woman | 1982 | Screenplay |
| Return to Lisca Bianca Island | 1983 | Writer |
| Roma | 1989 | Writer |
| To Make a Film Is to Be Alive | 1995 | Writer |
| Beyond the Clouds | 1995 | Screenplay |
| Sicily | 1997 | Producer |
| Michelangelo Eye to Eye | 2004 | Writer |
| Eros | 2004 | Writer |
| Sweet Ruin | 2008 | Screenplay |