Pupi Avati
Biography
Pupi (Giuseppe) Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and played in the Doctor Dixie Jazz Band, of which Lucio Dalla was also a member.[3]
Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati felt he lacked the necessary talent. In the mid-1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema after seeing Federico Fellini's 8½ and its portrait of the role of a director.[4] Avati's passion for music, as well as his love for his hometown, which was the setting of many of his films, were to become recurrent themes found in his productions.
Acting (20 movies)
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014
La voglia matta di vivere
2022
Biasanòt
2023
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020
C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014
Portrait Of My Father
2010
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
Welcome Mr. President!
2013
Bava Puzzle
2018
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
2020
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014
Vorrei sparire senza morire
2021
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
2022
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009
Alberto Sordi Secret
2024
L'incanto
2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Urla dipinte
2025
Souvenir d'Italie
2022
Directing (53 movies)
Giovanna's Father
2008
Cinema!!!
1979
Dante
2022
The Friends At The Margherita Café
2009
The Hideout
2007
Il figlio più piccolo
2010
The Last Minute
1987
Magnificat
1993
Zeder
1983
Knights Of The Quest
2001
Christmas Present
1986
Bix
1991
Brothers and Sisters
1992
A School Trip
1983
Christmas Rematch
2004
The Story of Boys and Girls
1989
A Second Childhood
2010
A Dinner for Them to Meet
2007
The Second Wedding Night
2005
Incantato
2003
The House with Laughing Windows
1976
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
2005
The Big Heart of Girls
2011
Impiegati
1985
Sposi
1988
Arcane Sorcerer
1996
The Best Man
1997
Midsummer Night Dance
1999
The Baron's Mazurka
1975
The Childhood Friend
1994
Graduation Party
1985
All The Souls... Except the Dead
1977
The Three of Us
1984
A Wedding
2013
The Bad Child
2013
Festival
1996
House of Pleasure for Women
1976
A Golden Boy
2014
The American Backyard
2025
Laura's Wedding
2015
Dancing Paradise
1982
Thomas
1970
Blood Relations
1970
Sun in My Eyes
2015
Declarations of Love
1994
The Stars in the Ditch
1979
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
2023
Help Me Dream
1981
Il fulgore di Dony
2018
Mr. Devil
2019
Lei mi parla ancora
2021
Nato il sei ottobre
2024
Un Natale a casa Croce
2024