Pupi Avati
Born: 1938-11-03 in Bologna, Italy
Known For: Directing
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.[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.
Filmography
2025
- L'incanto as Self
- The American Backyard ... (Director)
- La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
- Painted Screams as Sé stesso
2024
- Alberto Sordi Secret
- Nato il sei ottobre ... (Director)
- Un Natale a casa Croce ... (Director)
2023
- Biasanòt
- La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario ... (Director)
2022
- Dante ... (Director)
- La voglia matta di vivere as Self
- La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema as Self
- Souvenir d'Italie
2021
- Lei mi parla ancora ... (Executive Producer)
- Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
- Vorrei sparire senza morire as Sé stesso
2020
2019
- Mr. Devil ... (Screenplay)
- Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta as Sé stesso
2018
- Bava Puzzle as Himself
- Il fulgore di Dony ... (Writer)
2015
- Laura's Wedding ... (Director)
- Sun in My Eyes ... (Story)
- The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2014
- A Golden Boy ... (Screenplay)
- Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione as Self
- C'era una volta il prossimamente as Self
- 27 aprile Racconto di un evento as Self
2013
- A Wedding ... (Director)
- The Bad Child ... (Director)
- Welcome Mr. President! as Potere Forte
- Un matrimonio ... (Writer)
2011
- The Big Heart of Girls ... (Director)
- Noi c'eravamo as Self
- Se sei così, ti dico sì ... (Producer)
2010
- A Second Childhood ... (Writer)
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato
- Portrait Of My Father as Self
- Il figlio più piccolo ... (Writer)
2009
- The Friends At The Margherita Café ... (Director)
- Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad as Self
2008
- Giovanna's Father ... (Director)
2007
- The Hideout ... (Director)
- A Dinner for Them to Meet ... (Director)
2005
- Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? ... (Director)
- The Second Wedding Night ... (Director)
2004
- Christmas Rematch ... (Director)
2003
- Incantato ... (Director)
2001
- Knights Of The Quest ... (Director)
1999
- Midsummer Night Dance ... (Director)
1997
- The Mayor ... (Producer)
- The Best Man ... (Director)
1996
- Arcane Sorcerer ... (Director)
- Festival ... (Director)
1995
- Night Voices ... (Screenplay)
1994
- The Room Next Door ... (Writer)
- The Childhood Friend ... (Director)
- Declarations of Love ... (Director)
1993
- Magnificat ... (Director)
1992
- Brothers and Sisters ... (Screenplay)
1991
- Where the Night Begins ... (Writer)
- Bix ... (Director)
1989
- The Story of Boys and Girls ... (Director)
1988
- Sposi ... (Director)
1987
- The Last Minute ... (Director)
1986
- Christmas Present ... (Director)
1985
- Impiegati ... (Director)
- Graduation Party ... (Director)
1984
- The Three of Us ... (Director)
1983
- Zeder ... (Director)
- A School Trip ... (Director)
1982
- Dancing Paradise ... (Director)
- Che fai... ridi? ... (Director)
1981
- Help Me Dream ... (Director)
1980
- Macabre ... (Writer)
1979
- Cinema!!! ... (Director)
- The Stars in the Ditch ... (Director)
1978
- Jazz band ... (Director)
1977
- All The Souls... Except the Dead ... (Director)
1976
- Domenica In as Self
- Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom ... (Writer)
- House of Pleasure for Women ... (Director)
- The House with Laughing Windows ... (Director)
- The Mistress is Served ... (Screenplay)
1975
- Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza ... (Screenplay)
- The Baron's Mazurka ... (Screenplay)
1974
- The Kiss ... (Writer)
1970
- Thomas ... (Story)
- Blood Relations ... (Story)
1968
- Satanik ... (First Assistant Director)