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 |