Giuseppe Tornatore
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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.
Known for
Credits
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
as Projectionist (uncredited)
Ennio (2022)
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022)
as Self
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer (2010)
as Self
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis (2026)
as Self
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)
Actor
Ennio Morricone (1995)
as Self
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa (2019)
as Self
The Magic of Fellini (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010)
as Self
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana (2019)
as Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente (2014)
as Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema (2006)
as Self
Titanus 1904 (2024)
as Self
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth (1997)
as Self
Cinque mondi (2016)
as Self
All Star - Ritorno al cinema (2021)
as Proiezionista
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth (2004)
as Self
Marcello, una vita dolce (2006)
as Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima (2014)
as Self
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori (2014)
as Self
Citizen Rosi (2019)
as Self
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth (2014)
as Self
A Dream of Sicily (2000)
as Self
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise (2006)
as Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows (2020)
as Self
Tutte le storie di Piera (2014)
Actor
I Don't Know the Men of this City (2015)
Actor
24/25 Il fotogramma in più (2018)
as Self
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema (2007)
Actor
The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso (—)
Actor
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra (2025)
as Self
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa (2015)
as Self