Pupi Avati
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
Movie
Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte
2013
Movie
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
as Self
2020
Movie
Portrait Of My Father
as Self
2010
Movie
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self
2022
Movie
Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
as Self
2019
Movie
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Movie
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
Movie
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
2011
Movie
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self
2009
Movie
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self
2014
Movie
Biasanòt
2023
Movie
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
Movie
C'era una volta il prossimamente
as Self
2014
Movie
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
Movie
Bava Puzzle
as Himself
2018
Movie
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
as Himself
2020
Movie
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Self
2014
Movie
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
2020
Movie
Vorrei sparire senza morire
as Sé stesso
2021
Movie
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
as Self
2022
Movie
Alberto Sordi Secret
2024
Movie
L'incanto
as Self
2025
Movie
Painted Screams
as Sé stesso
2025
Movie
Souvenir d'Italie
2022
Crew
Movie
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Writer
1976
Movie
The House with Laughing Windows
Director
1976
Movie
Mr. Devil
Story
2019
Movie
Christmas Present
Director
1986
Movie
Giovanna's Father
Director
2008
Movie
Christmas Rematch
Director
2004
Movie
The Friends At The Margherita Café
Director
2009
Movie
Revenge of the Dead
Director
1983
Movie
Dante
Director
2022
Movie
Macabre
Writer
1980
Movie
Il figlio più piccolo
Director
2010
Movie
Lei mi parla ancora
Executive Producer
2021