Giuseppe Tornatore

Italian film director and screenwriter

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Giuseppe Tornatore

Born|  (1956-05-27) 27 May 1956 (age 68)

Bagheria, Sicily, Italy

Occupation(s)| Film director, screenwriter
Years active| 1985–present
Awards| Academy Award

Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.[1] In a career spanning over 30 years he is best known for directing and writing drama films such as Everybody's Fine, The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer. His most noted film is Cinema Paradiso, for which Tornatore won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also directed several advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana.[2]

Tornatore is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Tornatore feature films since 1988.[3][4]

## Life and career

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Born in Bagheria,[5] 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,The Professor, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audiences and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director.

In 1988, a collaboration with producer Franco Cristaldi gave birth to Tornatore's best known screen work: 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.[6] 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.[7]

## Personal life

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Tornatore describes himself as "one who does not believe and who regrets this".[8] His brother, Francesco Tornatore, is a producer.

## Filmography

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Tornatore at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

### Written and directed

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* 1986: The Professor (Il camorrista)
* 1988: Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
* 1990: Everybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene)
* 1991: Especially on Sunday (segment "Il cane blu")
* 1994: A Pure Formality (Una pura formalità)
* 1995: The Star Maker (L'uomo delle stelle)
* 1995: Lo schermo a tre punte (documentary)
* 1996: Ritratti d'autore: seconda serie (documentary)
* 1998: The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano)
* 2000: Malèna
* 2006: The Unknown Woman (La sconosciuta)
* 2009: Baarìa
* 2013: The Best Offer (La migliore offerta)
* 2016: The Correspondence (La corrispondenza)
* 2021: Ennio - The Maestro (documentary)
* TBA: Cinema Paradiso \- Miniseries

### Screenplay only

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* Cento giorni a Palermo ("One Hundred Days in Palermo"), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara (1984) - Tornatore is credited under the name Peppuccio Tornatore

## References

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1. ^ Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," The Film Encyclopedia (New York: HarperResource, 2001), pp. 682-685.
2. ^ Valentina Zannoni (30 October 2011). "Funeral alla Dolce & Gabbana". Swide Magazine. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
3. ^ Moliterno, Gino (8 December 2020). Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 334\. ISBN 978-1-5381-1948-8.
4. ^ Moscati, Italo (1 December 2020). Ennio Morricone (in Italian). LIT EDIZIONI. p. 16\. ISBN 978-88-3290-314-0.
5. ^ Schneider, Steven Jay, ed. (2007). 501 Movie Directors. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 571\. ISBN 9781844035731. OCLC 1347156402.
6. ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
7. ^ "29th Moscow International Film Festival (2007)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-30.
8. ^ Interview with Trovacinema

## Further reading

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* Giuseppe Tornatore. Uno sguardo dal set a cura di Ninni Panzera, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2007
* L'isola di Tornatore a cura di Ninni Panzera, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2010
* Le Madonie, cinema ad alte quote di Sebastiano Gesù e Elena Russo, con introduzione di Francesco Novara e presentazione di Pasquale Scimeca, Giuseppe Maimone Editore, Catania 1995 (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso and L'Uomo delle Stelle)

## External links

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Films directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Fiction films|

* The Professor (1986)
* Cinema Paradiso (1988)
* Everybody's Fine (1990)
* Especially on Sunday (1991)
* A Pure Formality (1994)
* The Star Maker (1995)
* The Legend of 1900 (1998)
* Malèna (2000)
* The Unknown Woman (2006)
* Baarìa (2009)
* The Best Offer (2013)
* The Correspondence (2016)

Documentaries|

* L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
* Ennio (2021)

Awards for Giuseppe Tornatore

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Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1947–1955
(Honorary)|

* 1947: Shoeshine – Vittorio De Sica
* 1948: Monsieur Vincent – Maurice Cloche
* 1949: Bicycle Thieves – Vittorio De Sica
* 1950: The Walls of Malapaga – René Clément
* 1951: Rashomon – Akira Kurosawa
* 1952: Forbidden Games – René Clément
* 1953: No Award
* 1954: Gate of Hell – Teinosuke Kinugasa
* 1955: Samurai, The Legend of Musashi – Hiroshi Inagaki

1956–1975|

* 1956: La Strada – Federico Fellini
* 1957: Nights of Cabiria – Federico Fellini
* 1958: My Uncle – Jacques Tati
* 1959: Black Orpheus – Marcel Camus
* 1960: The Virgin Spring – Ingmar Bergman
* 1961: Through a Glass Darkly – Ingmar Bergman
* 1962: Sundays and Cybèle – Serge Bourguignon
* 1963: 8½ – Federico Fellini
* 1964: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow – Vittorio De Sica
* 1965: The Shop on Main Street – Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos
* 1966: A Man and a Woman – Claude Lelouch
* 1967: Closely Watched Trains – Jiří Menzel
* 1968: War and Peace – Sergei Bondarchuk
* 1969: Z – Costa-Gavras
* 1970: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion – Elio Petri
* 1971: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis – Vittorio De Sica
* 1972: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie – Luis Buñuel
* 1973: Day for Night – François Truffaut
* 1974: Amarcord – Federico Fellini
* 1975: Dersu Uzala – Akira Kurosawa

1976–2000|

* 1976: Black and White in Color – Jean-Jacques Annaud
* 1977: Madame Rosa – Moshé Mizrahi
* 1978: Get Out Your Handkerchiefs – Bertrand Blier
* 1979: The Tin Drum – Volker Schlöndorff
* 1980: Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears – Vladimir Menshov
* 1981: Mephisto – István Szabó
* 1982: Volver a Empezar ('To Begin Again') – José Luis Garci
* 1983: Fanny and Alexander – Ingmar Bergman
* 1984: Dangerous Moves – Richard Dembo
* 1985: The Official Story – Luis Puenzo
* 1986: The Assault – Fons Rademakers
* 1987: Babette's Feast – Gabriel Axel
* 1988: Pelle the Conqueror – Bille August
* 1989: Cinema Paradiso – Giuseppe Tornatore
* 1990: Journey of Hope – Xavier Koller
* 1991: Mediterraneo – Gabriele Salvatores
* 1992: Indochine – Régis Wargnier
* 1993: Belle Époque – Fernando Trueba
* 1994: Burnt by the Sun – Nikita Mikhalkov
* 1995: Antonia's Line – Marleen Gorris
* 1996: Kolya – Jan Svěrák
* 1997: Character – Mike van Diem
* 1998: Life Is Beautiful – Roberto Benigni
* 1999: All About My Mother – Pedro Almodóvar
* 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Ang Lee

2001–present|

* 2001: No Man's Land – Danis Tanović
* 2002: Nowhere in Africa – Caroline Link
* 2003: The Barbarian Invasions – Denys Arcand
* 2004: The Sea Inside – Alejandro Amenábar
* 2005: Tsotsi – Gavin Hood
* 2006: The Lives of Others – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
* 2007: The Counterfeiters – Stefan Ruzowitzky
* 2008: Departures – Yōjirō Takita
* 2009: The Secret in Their Eyes – Juan José Campanella
* 2010: In a Better World – Susanne Bier
* 2011: A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
* 2012: Amour – Michael Haneke
* 2013: The Great Beauty – Paolo Sorrentino
* 2014: Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski
* 2015: Son of Saul – László Nemes
* 2016: The Salesman – Asghar Farhadi
* 2017: A Fantastic Woman – Sebastián Lelio
* 2018: Roma – Alfonso Cuarón
* 2019: Parasite – Bong Joon-ho
* 2020: Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
* 2021: Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi
* 2022: All Quiet on the Western Front – Edward Berger
* 2023: The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer

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BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay

1983–2000|

* Paul D. Zimmerman (1983)
* Woody Allen (1984)
* Woody Allen (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* David Leland (1987)
* Shawn Slovo (1988)
* Nora Ephron (1989)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1990)
* Anthony Minghella (1991)
* Woody Allen (1992)
* Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
* Mike Leigh (1996)
* Gary Oldman (1997)
* Andrew Niccol (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)

2001–present|

* Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant (2001)
* Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
* Tom McCarthy (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Martin McDonagh (2008)
* Mark Boal (2009)
* David Seidler (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Quentin Tarantino (2012)
* Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
* Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Martin McDonagh (2017)
* Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
* Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (2023)

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David di Donatello Award for Best Director

1956–1975|

* Gianni Franciolini (1956)
* Federico Fellini (1957)
* Alberto Lattuada (1959)
* Federico Fellini (1960)
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1961)
* Ermanno Olmi (1962)
* Vittorio De Sica (1963)
* Pietro Germi (1964)
* Vittorio De Sica / Francesco Rosi (1965)
* Alessandro Blasetti / Pietro Germi (1966)
* Luigi Comencini (1967)
* Carlo Lizzani (1968)
* Franco Zeffirelli (1969)
* Gillo Pontecorvo (1970)
* Luchino Visconti (1971)
* Sergio Leone / Franco Zeffirelli (1972)
* Luchino Visconti (1973)
* Federico Fellini (1974)
* Dino Risi (1975)

1976–2000|

* Mario Monicelli / Francesco Rosi (1976)
* Mario Monicelli / Valerio Zurlini (1977)
* Ettore Scola (1978)
* Francesco Rosi (1979)
* Marco Bellocchio / Gillo Pontecorvo (1980)
* Francesco Rosi (1981)
* Marco Ferreri (1982)
* Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
* Ettore Scola (1984)
* Francesco Rosi (1985)
* Mario Monicelli (1986)
* Ettore Scola (1987)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1988)
* Ermanno Olmi (1989)
* Mario Monicelli (1990)
* Marco Risi / Ricky Tognazzi (1991)
* Gianni Amelio (1992)
* Roberto Faenza / Ricky Tognazzi (1993)
* Carlo Verdone (1994)
* Mario Martone (1995)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1996)
* Francesco Rosi (1997)
* Roberto Benigni (1998)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1999)
* Silvio Soldini (2000)

2001–present|

* Gabriele Muccino (2001)
* Ermanno Olmi (2002)
* Pupi Avati (2003)
* Marco Tullio Giordana (2004)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2005)
* Nanni Moretti (2006)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2007)
* Andrea Molaioli (2008)
* Matteo Garrone (2009)
* Marco Bellocchio (2010)
* Daniele Luchetti (2011)
* Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (2012)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2013)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2014)
* Francesco Munzi (2015)
* Matteo Garrone (2016)
* Paolo Virzì (2017)
* Jonas Carpignano (2018)
* Matteo Garrone (2019)
* Marco Bellocchio (2020)
* Giorgio Diritti (2021)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2022)
* Marco Bellocchio (2023)
* Matteo Garrone (2024)

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Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Director

* Alessandro Blasetti / Vittorio De Sica (1946)
* Roberto Rossellini (1947)
* Alberto Lattuada / Giuseppe De Santis (1948)
* Vittorio De Sica (1949)
* Augusto Genina (1950)
* Alessandro Blasetti (1951)
* Renato Castellani (1952)
* Luigi Zampa (1953)
* Federico Fellini (1954)
* Federico Fellini (1955)
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1956)
* Pietro Germi (1957)
* Federico Fellini (1958)
* Pietro Germi (1959)
* Roberto Rossellini (1960)
* Luchino Visconti (1961)
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1962)
* Nanni Loy / Francesco Rosi (1963)
* Federico Fellini (1964)
* Pier Paolo Pasolini (1965)
* Antonio Pietrangeli (1966)
* Gillo Pontecorvo (1967)
* Elio Petri (1968)
* Franco Zeffirelli (1969)
* Luchino Visconti (1970)
* Elio Petri (1971)
* Luchino Visconti (1972)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1973)
* Federico Fellini (1974)
* Luchino Visconti (1975)
* Michelangelo Antonioni (1976)
* Valerio Zurlini (1977)
* Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1978)
* Ermanno Olmi (1979)
* Federico Fellini (1980)
* Francesco Rosi (1981)
* Marco Ferreri (1982)
* Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
* Pupi Avati / Federico Fellini (1984)
* Sergio Leone (1985)
* Mario Monicelli (1986)
* Ettore Scola (1987)
* Bernardo Bertolucci (1988)
* Ermanno Olmi (1989)
* Pupi Avati (1990)
* Gianni Amelio (1991)
* Gabriele Salvatores (1992)
* Gianni Amelio (1993)
* Nanni Moretti (1994)
* Gianni Amelio (1995)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1996)
* Maurizio Nichetti (1997)
* Roberto Benigni (1998)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1999)
* Silvio Soldini (2000)
* Nanni Moretti (2001)
* Marco Bellocchio (2002)
* Gabriele Salvatores (2003)
* Marco Tullio Giordana (2004)
* Gianni Amelio (2005)
* Michele Placido (2006)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2007)
* Paolo Virzì (2008)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2009)
* Paolo Virzì (2010)
* Nanni Moretti (2011)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2012)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2013)
* Paolo Virzì (2014)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2015)
* Paolo Virzì (2016)
* Gianni Amelio (2017)
* Matteo Garrone (2018)
* Marco Bellocchio (2019)
* Matteo Garrone (2020)
* Emma Dante (2021)
* Mario Martone (2022)

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Nastro d'Argento Award for Best New Director

* Marco Leto (1974)
* Luigi Di Gianni (1975)
* Ennio Lorenzini (1976)
* Giorgio Ferrara (1977)
* Sergio Nuti (1978)
* Salvatore Nocita (1979)
* Maurizio Nichetti (1980)
* Massimo Troisi (1981)
* Alessandro Benvenuti (1982)
* Franco Piavoli (1983)
* Gabriele Lavia (1984)
* Luciano De Crescenzo (1985)
* Enrico Montesano (1986)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (1987)
* Carlo Mazzacurati (1988)
* Francesca Archibugi (1989)
* Ricky Tognazzi (1990)
* Sergio Rubini (1991)
* Antonio Capuano (1992)
* Mario Martone (1993)
* Pappi Corsicato (1994)
* Paolo Virzì (1995)
* Sandro Baldoni (1996)
* Roberto Cimpanelli (1997)
* Roberta Torre (1998)
* Luciano Ligabue (1999)
* Alessandro Piva (2000)
* Alex Infascelli (2001)
* Paolo Sorrentino (2002)
* Maria Sole Tognazzi (2003)
* Franco Battiato (2004)
* Saverio Costanzo (2005)
* Francesco Munzi (2006)
* Kim Rossi Stuart (2007)
* Andrea Molaioli (2008)
* Gianni Di Gregorio (2009)
* Valerio Mieli / Rocco Papaleo (2010)
* Alice Rohrwacher (2011)
* Francesco Bruni (2012)
* Valeria Golino (2013)
* Pierfrancesco Diliberto (2014)
* Edoardo Falcone (2015)
* Gabriele Mainetti (2016)
* Andrea De Sica (2017)
* Damiano and Fabio D'Innocenzo (2018)
* Leonardo D'Agostini / Valerio Mastandrea (2019)
* Marco D'Amore (2020)
* Pietro Castellitto (2021)
* Giulia Steigerwalt (2022)
* Giuseppe Fiorello (2023)
* Michele Riondino (2024)

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Nastro d'Argento Award for Best Producer

* Peg Film (1954)
* Dino De Laurentiis / Carlo Ponti (1955)
* Cines (1956)
* Carlo Ponti (1957)
* Dino De Laurentiis (1958)
* Franco Cristaldi (1959)
* Goffredo Lombardo (1960)
* Dino De Laurentiis (1961)
* Alfredo Bini (1962)
* Goffredo Lombardo (1963)
* Angelo Rizzoli (1964)
* Franco Cristaldi (1965)
* Marco Vicario (1966)
* Antonio Musu (1967)
* Alfredo Bini (1968)
* Luigi Carpentieri / Ermanno Donati (1969)
* Alberto Grimaldi (1970)
* Silvio Clementelli (1971)
* Mario Cecchi Gori (1972)
* Alberto Grimaldi (1973)
* Franco Cristaldi (1974)
* Rusconi Film (1975)
* Andrea Rizzoli (1976)
* Edmondo Amati (1977)
* RAI TV (1978)
* RAI TV (1979)
* Franco Cristaldi / Nicola Carraro (1980)
* Fulvio Lucisano / Mauro Berardi (1981)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1982)
* RAI TV (1983)
* Gianni Minervini (1984)
* Fulvio Lucisano (1985)
* Fulvio Lucisano (1986)
* Franco Committeri (1987)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1988)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1989)
* Claudio Bonivento (1990)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1991)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1992)
* Angelo Rizzoli (1993)
* Fulvio Lucisano / Leo Pescarolo (1994)
* Mario Cecchi Gori / Vittorio Cecchi Gori (1995)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (1996)
* Antonio Avati / Pupi Avati / Aurelio De Laurentiis (1997)
* Marco Risi / Maurizio Tedesco (1998)
* Medusa Produzione (1999)
* Giuseppe Tornatore (2000)
* Tilde Corsi / Gianni Romoli (2001)
* Fandango (2002)
* Fandango (2003)
* Angelo Barbagallo (2004)
* Aurelio De Laurentiis (2005)
* Riccardo Tozzi / Marco Chimenz / Giovanni Stabilini (2006)
* Angelo Barbagallo / Nanni Moretti (2007)
* Domenico Procacci (2008)
* Fabio Conversi / Maurizio Coppolecchia / Nicola Giuliano / Andrea Occhipinti / Francesca Cima (2009)
* Giorgio Diritti / Simone Bachini (2010)
* Domenico Procacci (2011)
* Domenico Procacci (2012)
* Isabella Cocuzza / Arturo Paglia (2013)
* Domenico Procacci / Matteo Rovere (2014)
* Luigi Musini / Olivia Musini (2015)
* Pietro Valsecchi (2016)
* Attilio De Razza / Pierpaolo Verga (2017)
* Archimede / Rai Cinema / Matteo Garrone / Paolo Del Brocco (2018)
* Groenlandia / Rai Cinema / 3 Marys Entertainment (2019)

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