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.
Filmography (34)
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis2026
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra2025
Quelli che il cinema2025
Titanus 19042024
Ennio2022
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America2022
All Star - Ritorno al cinema2021
Good Morning, the Wind Blows2020
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa2019
Citizen Rosi2019
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana2019
24/25 Il fotogramma in più2018
Cinque mondi2016
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa2015
I Don't Know the Men of this City2015
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth2014
C'era una volta il prossimamente2014
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima2014
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori2014
Tutte le storie di Piera2014
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo2010
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer2010
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso2009
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema2007
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise2006
Marcello, una vita dolce2006
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema2006
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth2004
The Magic of Fellini2002
A Dream of Sicily2000
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth1997
Ennio Morricone1995
Cinema Paradiso1988
The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso
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