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Giuseppe Tornatore
Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
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…
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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.
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2026
Juso per ferie
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2026
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
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2025
Quelli che il cinema
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2025
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Movie Director
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2025
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra
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2025
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
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2024
Titanus 1904
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2022
Steno
Movie Sé stesso
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2022
Ennio
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2021
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
Movie Proiezionista
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2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
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2020
Devotion
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2019
Citizen Rosi
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2019
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
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- 2019
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2018
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
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2016
Cinque mondi
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2016
Correspondence
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- 2015
- 2015
- 2014
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2014
Mafia Millionaires
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2014
Tutte le storie di Piera
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2014
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
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2014
C'era una volta il prossimamente
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2013
The Best Offer
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2011
Il Mago di Esselunga
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2010
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
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- 2010
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2009
Everybody's Fine
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2009
Baaria
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- 2007
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2006
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
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2006
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
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2006
The Unknown Woman
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2006
Marcello, una vita dolce
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2004
Under a False Name
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