Pupi (Giuseppe) Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and played in the Doctor Dixie Jazz Band, of which Lucio Dalla was also a member.[3] Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati felt he lacked the necessary talent. In the mid-1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema after seeing Federico Fellini's 8½ and its portrait of the role of a director.[4] Avati's passion for music, as well as his love for his hometown, which was the setting of many of his films, were to become recurrent themes found in his productions.
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
(Self)
La voglia matta di vivere
(Self)
Biasanòt
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
C'era una volta il prossimamente
(Self)
Portrait Of My Father
(Self)
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
Welcome Mr. President!
(Potere Forte)
Bava Puzzle
(Himself)
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
(Sé stesso)
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
(Himself)
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
(Self)
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
Noi c'eravamo
(Self)
Vorrei sparire senza morire
(Sé stesso)
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
(Self)
Domenica In
(Self)
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
(Screenplay)
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
(Writer)
Giovanna's Father
(Director)
Cinema!!!
(Director)
Cinema!!!
(Writer)
Dante
(Director)
The Friends at the Margherita Café
(Director)
The Friends at the Margherita Café
(Writer)
The Hideout
(Director)
Lei mi parla ancora
(Executive Producer)
The Hideout
(Screenplay)
Il figlio più piccolo
(Writer)
Il figlio più piccolo
(Director)
The Last Minute
(Director)
Magnificat
(Director)
Zeder
(Director)
Knights of the Quest
(Director)
Knights of the Quest
(Writer)
Christmas Present
(Director)
Knights of the Quest
(Screenplay)
Where the Night Begins
(Writer)
Sun in My Eyes
(Story)
Bix
(Director)
Brothers and Sisters
(Screenplay)
Brothers and Sisters
(Director)
A School Trip
(Director)
Christmas Rematch
(Director)
Christmas Rematch
(Writer)
Macabre
(Writer)
The Story of Boys and Girls
(Director)
A Second Childhood
(Writer)
A Second Childhood
(Director)
A Dinner for Them to Meet
(Director)
The Second Wedding Night
(Director)
Incantato
(Director)
The House with Laughing Windows
(Director)
The House with Laughing Windows
(Screenplay)
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
(Director)
The Big Heart of Girls
(Director)
Impiegati
(Director)
Sposi
(Director)
Impiegati
(Story)
Arcane Sorcerer
(Director)
The Best Man
(Director)
Midsummer Night Dance
(Director)
The Baron's Mazurka
(Screenplay)
The Baron's Mazurka
(Director)
The Room Next Door
(Writer)
Bix
(Writer)
The Childhood Friend
(Director)
Graduation Party
(Director)
Graduation Party
(Screenplay)
All Deceased... Except the Dead
(Director)
Noi tre
(Director)
Un matrimonio
(Director)
The Bad Child
(Director)
Mr. Devil
(Screenplay)
Mr. Devil
(Story)
Festival
(Director)
House of Pleasure for Women
(Director)
House of Pleasure for Women
(Writer)
A Golden Boy
(Screenplay)
A Golden Boy
(Director)
The Kiss of Death
(Writer)
The American Backyard
(Director)
The American Backyard
(Screenplay)
The American Backyard
(Novel)
Noi tre
(Writer)
The Bad Child
(Story)
The Bad Child
(Screenplay)
The Best Man
(Writer)
Satanik
(First Assistant Director)
All Deceased... Except the Dead
(Writer)
Laura's Wedding
(Director)
Laura's Wedding
(Story)
Thomas
(Story)
Thomas
(Screenplay)
Blood Relations
(Story)
The Big Heart of Girls
(Story)
Se sei così, ti dico sì
(Producer)
Dancing Paradise
(Director)
The Mistress is Served
(Screenplay)
Blood Relations
(Screenplay)
Arcane Sorcerer
(Writer)
Thomas
(Director)
Festival
(Writer)
Blood Relations
(Director)
Sun in My Eyes
(Teleplay)
Sun in My Eyes
(Director)
Dichiarazioni d'amore
(Director)
Dante
(Story)
Dante
(Screenplay)
Incantato
(Screenplay)
Incantato
(Story)
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
(Writer)
Il fulgore di Dony
(Writer)
Laura's Wedding
(Teleplay)
Zeder
(Screenplay)
Zeder
(Story)
Magnificat
(Screenplay)
Magnificat
(Story)
A Dinner for Them to Meet
(Screenplay)
The Stars in the Ditch
(Director)
The Stars in the Ditch
(Story)
The Stars in the Ditch
(Screenplay)
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
(Director)
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
(Writer)
Christmas Present
(Writer)
The Second Wedding Night
(Writer)
Help Me Dream
(Director)
Benedetto Croce - il filosofo della libertà
(Director)
Il fulgore di Dony
(Director)
The Story of Boys and Girls
(Writer)
The Last Minute
(Writer)
Giovanna's Father
(Writer)
The Big Heart of Girls
(Screenplay)
Mr. Devil
(Director)
The Childhood Friend
(Writer)
Lei mi parla ancora
(Writer)
Lei mi parla ancora
(Director)
The House with Laughing Windows
(Story)
The Hideout
(Story)
Nato il sei ottobre
(Director)
Nato il sei ottobre
(Screenplay)
Un Natale a casa Croce
(Director)
The Baron's Mazurka
(Story)
Help Me Dream
(Writer)
A School Trip
(Writer)
Un Natale a casa Croce
(Writer)
Un matrimonio
(Writer)
Un matrimonio
(Director)
Night Voices
(Screenplay)
Che fai... ridi?
(Director)
Jazz band
(Director)
Night Voices
(Creator)
Un matrimonio
(Creator)