Ermanno Olmi
Born: 1931-07-24 in Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Died: 2018-05-07
Known For: Directing
Biography
Ermanno Olmi (born July 24, 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy) was a renowned Italian film director. Olmi's films have been described as "humanistic and reflective, portraying everyday people in particular landscapes and locations, while at the same time being charged with social comment and poetic flashes." His films fit into the artistic mold of Italian neorealism, though Olmi argued, in an interview found on the Criterion Edition DVD of his 1961 film, Il Posto, that this was the artistic tradition he was responding against because he used non-actors in authentic locations whereas neorealism, he claimed, used professional actors. However, many neorealist directors also used non-professional actors for secondary and sometimes even primary roles. His films, like most of those considered to be products of the neorealist movement, are shot in long, slow takes, and generally contain some sort of social commentary.
Filmography
2019
- Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
- Rainbow: A Private Affair ... (Producer)
- Vedete, sono uno di voi as (voice) (uncredited)
2015
- Il pianeta che ci ospita ... (Director)
2014
- Greenery Will Bloom Again ... (Director)
2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare as Self
2011
- The Cardboard Village ... (Director)
2010
2009
- Around a Small Mountain ... (Producer)
- Wine Cliffs ... (Director)
- The Award ... (Writer)
- Mother Earth ... (Director)
2007
- The Duchess of Langeais ... (Producer)
- One Hundred Nails ... (Director)
- Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis ... (Director)
2006
- The Wind Blows Round ... (Thanks)
2005
- Tickets ... (Director)
- Un Ballo in Maschera as Self - Stage Director
2003
- Singing Behind Screens ... (Director)
2001
- The Profession of Arms ... (Director)
1999
- Il Denaro non esiste ... (Director)
1994
- Genesis: The Creation and the Flood ... (Director)
1993
- The Secret of the Old Woods ... (Director)
- In Calabria ... (Thanks)
1992
- La valle di pietra ... (Writer)
- Lungo il fiume ... (Director)
1989
- 12 Directors for 12 Cities ... (Director)
1988
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker ... (Director)
1987
- Long Live the Lady! ... (Director)
- Così è andata: Gente di montagna ... (Director)
1983
- Milano '83 ... (Director)
- Walking, Walking ... (Director)
1982
- Effetto Olmi as Himself
1981
- Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree as Interviewee
1978
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs ... (Director)
1974
- The Circumstance ... (Director)
- Alcide De Gasperi ... (Director)
1973
- Nascita di una formazione partigiana ... (Director)
1972
- The Scavengers ... (Director)
1971
- Birth of the Republic ... (Director)
- In the Summertime ... (Screenplay)
1968
- One Fine Day ... (Director)
1967
- La Galleria, cuore e memoria di Milano ... (Director)
- Ritorno al paese ... (Director)
- The Crush ... (Director)
- "Qualcosa" di Niki ... (Director)
- Il ragazzo di Gigliola as Defense Attorney
- Nino il fioraio ... (Director)
- Racconti di giovani amori as Lawyer (segment "Il ragazzo di Gigliola") (uncredited)
- Franco e Antonio gli scienziati ... (Director)
- Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo ... (Director)
1965
- Tokyo Olympiad ... (Thanks)
- A Man Named John ... (Director)
1964
- Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta ... (Writer)
- 700 anni fa ... (Director)
1963
- The Fiancés ... (Director)
1962
- Una storia milanese as Turchi
1961
- Il Posto ... (Director)
- Un metro lungo cinque ... (Director)
- Le Grand Barrage ... (Director)
1960
- Time Stood Still ... (Director)
- Il grande paese d’acciaio ... (Director)
1959
- Giochi di colonia ... (Director of Photography)
1958
- Venezia città moderna ... (Director)
- Three Lines to Milan ... (Director)
1957
- Grigio ... (Director)
- Michelino 1A B ... (Writer)
1956
- Manon: Finestra 2 ... (Director)
- Il racconto della Stura ... (Director)
- La mia valle ... (Director of Photography)
- Riva Mechanical Constructions ... (Director of Photography)
- Il pensionato ... (Director)
1955
- La diga del ghiacciaio ... (Director)
- L'onda ... (Editor)
- Construction Site in Winter ... (Editor)
- L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura ... (Director)
- Buongiorno natura ... (Writer)
1954
- Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger ... (Director)
- La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo ... (Director)
- II° raduno sciistico sociale all'Alpe Devero ... (Director)
1953
- Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500 ... (Director)
- Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore as Interviewer (uncredited)