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Biography

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.

Acting (28 movies)

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Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa

2019

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Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth

2014

8.3

Ennio

2022

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The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth

2004

7.3

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

2022

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C'era una volta il prossimamente

2014

8.4

Cinema Paradiso

1988

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Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso

2009

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Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima

2014

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A Dream of Sicily

2000

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24/25 Il fotogramma in più

2018

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Cinque mondi

2016

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L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

2010

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Citizen Rosi

2019

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Ennio Morricone

1995

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Dante Ferretti: Production Designer

2010

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The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth

1997

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Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori

2014

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Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana

2019

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The Magic of Fellini

2002

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A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise

2006

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Marcello, una vita dolce

2006

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Good Morning, the Wind Blows

2020

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All Star - Ritorno al cinema

2021

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Titanus 1904

2024

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Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema

2006

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Tutte le storie di Piera

2014

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I Don't Know the Men of this City

2015

Directing (20 movies)

Title	Year	Job
One Hundred Days in Palermo	1984	Screenplay
The Professor	1986	Screenplay
Cinema Paradiso	1988	Screenplay
Everybody's Fine	1990	Writer
A Pure Formality	1994	Screenplay
Lo schermo a tre punte	1995	Screenplay
The Star Maker	1995	Screenplay
Bakunin's Son	1997	Producer
The Legend of 1900	1998	Screenplay
Malena	2000	Screenplay
The Prince's Manuscript	2000	Producer
The Unknown Woman	2006	Screenplay
Baaria	2009	Writer
Il Mago di Esselunga	2011	Writer
The Best Offer	2013	Writer
Correspondence	2016	Writer
Ennio	2022	Screenplay