Biography
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.
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. 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.
Filmography
all 94
Movies 89
Director 58
self 17
Writer 6
TV Shows 5
Producer 3
Screenplay 2
Un Natale a casa Croce (2024)
Nato il sei ottobre (2024)
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario (2023)
Dante (2022)
Lei mi parla ancora (2021)
Mr. Devil (2019)
Il fulgore di Dony (2018)
Laura's Wedding (2015)
Sun in My Eyes (2015)
A Golden Boy (2014)
Un matrimonio (2013)
Un matrimonio (2013)
The Bad Child (2013)
Welcome Mr. President! (2013)
A Second Childhood (2010)
Giovanna's Father (2008)
The Hideout (2007)
Christmas Rematch (2004)
Incantato (2003)
Knights of the Quest (2001)
La prima volta (1999)
The Best Man (1997)
Il Sindaco (1997)
Festival (1996)
Arcane Sorcerer (1996)
Night Voices (1995)
The Childhood Friend (1994)
Magnificat (1993)
Brothers and Sisters (1992)
Bix (1991)
Sposi (1988)
The Last Minute (1987)
Christmas Present (1986)
Graduation Party (1985)
Impiegati (1985)
Noi tre (1984)
A School Trip (1983)
Zeder (1983)
Dancing Paradise (1982)
Che fai... ridi? (1982)
Help Me Dream (1981)
Macabre (1980)
Cinema!!! (1979)
Jazz band (1978)
The House with Laughing Windows (1976)
The Baron's Mazurka (1975)
Thomas (1970)
Blood Relations (1970)
Satanik (1968)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1938-11-03 (86 years old)
Birth NameGiuseppe Avati
Birth PlaceBologna, Italy
ChildrenTommaso Avati, Mariantonia Avati
SiblingsAntonio Avati
CitizenshipsItaly
Also Known AsGiuseppe Avati
AwardsGold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Premio Cinearti La chioma di Berenice, Ciak d'oro, Nastro d'Argento, David di Donatello
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