Ermanno Olmi

Ermanno Olmi (born July 24, 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy) was a renowned Italian film director. Olmi's films have been described as "humanistic and reflective, portraying everyday people in particular landscapes and locations, while at the same time being charged with social comment and poetic flashes." His films fit into the artistic mold of Italian neorealism, though Olmi argued, in an interview found on the Criterion Edition DVD of his 1961 film, Il Posto, that this was the artistic tradition he was responding against because he used non-actors in authentic locations whereas neorealism, he claimed, used professional actors. However, many neorealist directors also used non-professional actors for secondary and sometimes even primary roles. His films, like most of those considered to be products of the neorealist movement, are shot in long, slow takes, and generally contain some sort of social commentary.

Crew

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

(Director of Photography)

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

(Director)

L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura

(Director)

Atto unico di Jannis Kounellis

(Writer)

Atto unico di Jannis Kounellis

(Director)

Giochi di colonia

(Director of Photography)

Un metro lungo cinque

(Director)

Le Grand Barrage

(Writer)

Le Grand Barrage

(Director)

Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta

(Editor)

Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta

(Writer)

Il Posto

(Director)

Il Posto

(Writer)

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

(Writer)

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

(Director)

One Hundred Nails

(Director)

One Fine Day

(Screenplay)

One Fine Day

(Director)

The Fiancés

(Screenplay)

Racconti di giovani amori

(Director)

The Fiancés

(Director)

Racconti di giovani amori

(Screenplay)

The Circumstance

(Producer)

The Circumstance

(Director)

The Circumstance

(Writer)

Singing Behind Screens

(Writer)

Singing Behind Screens

(Director)

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

(Director)

The Profession of Arms

(Director)

Tickets

(Director)

The Cardboard Village

(Director)

Walking, Walking

(Screenplay)

Walking, Walking

(Director)

The Secret of the Old Woods

(Director)

Time Stood Still

(Director)

12 Directors for 12 Cities

(Director)

Long Live the Lady!

(Writer)

Long Live the Lady!

(Director)

The Crush

(Director)

Tokyo Olympiad

(Thanks)

The Scavengers

(Director)

A Man Named John

(Director)

A Man Named John

(Screenplay)

Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger

(Director)

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

(Editor)

Milano '83

(Director)

Venezia città moderna

(Director)

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

(Director)

Greenery Will Bloom Again

(Director)

Greenery Will Bloom Again

(Screenplay)

In the Summertime

(Screenplay)

In the Summertime

(Director of Photography)

In the Summertime

(Editor)

Il pianeta che ci ospita

(Director)

Il pianeta che ci ospita

(Writer)

12 Directors for 12 Cities

(Editor)

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

(Writer)

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

(Editor)

One Hundred Nails

(Writer)

Wine Cliffs

(Director)

Wine Cliffs

(Writer)

Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo

(Director)

"Qualcosa" di Niki

(Director)

Franco e Antonio gli scienziati

(Director)

Il ragazzo di Gigliola

(Director)

Alcide De Gasperi

(Director)

Nino il fioraio

(Director)

Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore

(Editor)

Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore

(Writer)

Construction Site in Winter

(Editor)

Buongiorno natura

(Writer)

L'onda

(Editor)

La mia valle

(Director of Photography)

Il pensionato

(Director)

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

(Director of Photography)

In Calabria

(Thanks)

Riva Mechanical Constructions

(Director of Photography)

Michelino 1A B

(Writer)

Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger

(Writer)

Mother Earth

(Director)

L'onda

(Director)

Un Ballo in Maschera

(Director)

The Secret of the Old Woods

(Writer)

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

(Writer)

Vedete, sono uno di voi

(Director)

Vedete, sono uno di voi

(Screenplay)

Tickets

(Screenplay)

Un Ballo in Maschera

(Stage Director)

Il pensionato

(Screenplay)

Time Stood Still

(Writer)

The Scavengers

(Editor)

The Scavengers

(Writer)

The Crush

(Writer)

The Scavengers

(Director of Photography)

The Circumstance

(Editor)

Walking, Walking

(Director of Photography)

Walking, Walking

(Production Design)

Walking, Walking

(Costume Design)

The Profession of Arms

(Writer)

Long Live the Lady!

(Director of Photography)

Walking, Walking

(Editor)

Long Live the Lady!

(Editor)

Milano '83

(Director of Photography)

Milano '83

(Editor)

Walking, Walking

(Set Decoration)

Milano '83

(Writer)

The Award

(Writer)

La diga del ghiacciaio

(Director)

La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo

(Director)

Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore

(Director)

In the Summertime

(Director)

Ritorno al paese

(Director)

Il Denaro non esiste

(Director)

Mother Earth

(Idea)

Buongiorno natura

(Director)

The Cardboard Village

(Screenplay)

The Wind Blows Round

(Thanks)

Construction Site in Winter

(Director)

II° raduno sciistico sociale all'Alpe Devero

(Director)

Il racconto della Stura

(Director)

Il grande paese d’acciaio

(Director)

Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500

(Director)

Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta

(Director)

700 anni fa

(Director)

Vedete, sono uno di voi

(Story)

La Galleria, cuore e memoria di Milano

(Director)

Lungo il fiume

(Director)

Nino il fioraio

(Writer)

Around a Small Mountain

(Producer)

Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo

(Writer)

Franco e Antonio gli scienziati

(Writer)

"Qualcosa" di Niki

(Writer)

Il ragazzo di Gigliola

(Writer)

Three Lines to Milan

(Director)

Lungo il fiume

(Writer)

Manon: Finestra 2

(Director)

La valle di pietra

(Writer)

Giochi di colonia

(Director)

Michelino 1A B

(Director)

Riva Mechanical Constructions

(Director)

La mia valle

(Director)

Nascita di una formazione partigiana

(Director)

Così è andata: Gente di montagna

(Director)

Rainbow: A Private Affair

(Producer)

The Award

(Director)