Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1956-05-27 (Age: 70)
Place of Birth
Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
Giuseppe Tornatore
Biography
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.
Filmography (32)
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
2026
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra
2025
Titanus 1904
2024
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
Ennio
2022
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
Citizen Rosi
2019
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
2019
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
2018
Cinque mondi
2016
I Don't Know the Men of this City
2015Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
2015
