Pupi Avati
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.
| Known For | Directing |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5537 |
| Birthday | 1938-11-03 |
| Place of Birth | Bologna, Italy |
| Also Known As | Giuseppe Avati, |
2014
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
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Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2022
La voglia matta di vivere
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La voglia matta di vivere
2023
Biasanòt
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Biasanòt
2010
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
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Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2020
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
7.2/13
Documentary follows the life and work of Italian singer and composer Paolo Conte.
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Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2021
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
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Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2014
C'era una volta il prossimamente
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A passionate cavalcade through decades of "coming attractions"
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C'era una volta il prossimamente
2010
Portrait Of My Father
7.3/3
A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.
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Portrait Of My Father
2015
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
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"History is not just what you read in books, history often reveals itself with its extraordinary scope, already in the present. This is the case when...
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The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2013
Welcome Mr. President!
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In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call h...
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Welcome Mr. President!
2018
Bava Puzzle
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Through the anecdotes and stories of actors, directors, critics and experts, this documentary traces the career of Lamberto Bava, from his first steps...
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Bava Puzzle
2019
Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
8.5/2
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Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
2020
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
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Feature length documentary including interviews with Sergio Martino, Alberto de Martino, Ovidio G. Assonitis and more.
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Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
2014
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
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The documentary starts from the sanctification of Pope Giovanni XXIII and Pope Giovanni Paolo II and tells the scenes on the figures of the two saints...
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27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2020
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
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Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
2011
Noi c'eravamo
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Noi c'eravamo
2021
Vorrei sparire senza morire
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About love and death: starting from the small cemetery in San Leo, where many of his loved ones are buried, Pupi Avati opens his heart. It's a heady m...
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Vorrei sparire senza morire
2022
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
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La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
2009
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
7/1
This portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neorealism to the birth of the Italian comedy. He constru...
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Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2024
Alberto Sordi Secret
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The documentary film consists previously unpublished testimonies from friends and relatives of the actor, including director Pupi Avati, announcer and...
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Alberto Sordi Secret
2025
L'incanto
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Enchantment explores the magic of cinema through the lens of Pupi Avati, a master of Italian cinema, and the history of Milan's Odeon, a now-closed Ar...
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L'incanto
2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
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La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Painted Screams
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A feature length documentary on the 1976 film 'The House with Laughing Windows' by Pupi Avati.
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Painted Screams
2022
Souvenir d'Italie
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Souvenir d'Italie
2004
Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema
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