Giuseppe Tornatore
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
Movie
Cinema Paradiso
as Projectionist (uncredited)
1988
Movie
Ennio
as Self
2022
Movie
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
2022
Movie
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
as Self
2019
Movie
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
as Proiezionista
2021
Movie
Citizen Rosi
as Self
2019
Movie
The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Movie
Ennio Morricone
as Self
1995
Movie
I Don't Know the Men of this City
2015
Movie
Cinque mondi
as Self
2016
Movie
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
as Self
2010
Movie
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
2010
Movie
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self
2006
Movie
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
as Self
2004
Movie
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as Self
2014
Movie
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
as Self
2018
Movie
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
as Self
2019
Movie
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
as Self
2014
Movie
C'era una volta il prossimamente
as Self
2014
Movie
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Movie
A Dream of Sicily
as Self
2000
Movie
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
as Self
2015
Movie
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
1997
Movie
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
as Self
2014
Crew
Movie
Cinema Paradiso
Director
1988
Movie
The Best Offer
Director
2013
Movie
Malena
Director
2000
Movie
The Legend of 1900
Director
1998
Movie
Everybody's Fine
Original Film Writer
2009
Movie
Baaria
Director
2009
Movie
Correspondence
Writer
2016
Movie
A Pure Formality
Director
1994
Movie
Ennio
Director
2022
Movie
The Unknown Woman
Director
2006
Movie
The Star Maker
Director
1995
Movie
Everybody's Fine
Director
1990