Giuseppe Tornatore

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.

Crew

The Legend of 1900

(Director)

The Legend of 1900

(Screenplay)

Malena

(Director)

The Unknown Woman

(Director)

The Unknown Woman

(Screenplay)

Cinema Paradiso

(Director)

Cinema Paradiso

(Screenplay)

Baaria

(Director)

The Star Maker

(Director)

Everybody's Fine

(Director)

A Pure Formality

(Director)

A Pure Formality

(Story)

A Pure Formality

(Screenplay)

The Professor

(Director)

Everybody's Fine

(Original Film Writer)

Especially on Sunday

(Director)

The Best Offer

(Director)

One Hundred Days in Palermo

(Screenplay)

One Hundred Days in Palermo

(Second Unit Director)

The Star Maker

(Story)

The Star Maker

(Screenplay)

Il sognatore indiscreto

(Director)

The Best Offer

(Writer)

Everybody's Fine

(Writer)

The Professor

(Story)

The Professor

(Screenplay)

Baaria

(Writer)

Correspondence

(Writer)

Correspondence

(Director)

Malena

(Screenplay)

Bakunin's Son

(Producer)

Diario di Guttuso

(Director)

Ennio

(Director)

Ennio

(Screenplay)

Ennio

(Story)

The King of Ads

(Director)

Lo schermo a tre punte

(Director)

Lo schermo a tre punte

(Screenplay)

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

(Director)

A Pure Formality

(Editor)

Il Mago di Esselunga

(Director)

Il Mago di Esselunga

(Writer)

Cinema Paradiso

(Story)

Especially on Sunday

(Adaptation)

Mafia Millionaires

(Thanks)

Ennio, Il Maestro

(Director)

The Prince's Manuscript

(Producer)

Under a False Name

(Thanks)

With Her Eyes

(Writer)

Paradiso

(Director)

Paradiso

(Writer)

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore

(Director)

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore

(Writer)

Paradiso

(Creator)

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore

(Creator)