Ermanno Olmi
Known for: Directing
Born: July 24, 1931
Died: May 7, 2018
Place of birth: Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
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.
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Filmography
85 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer
2019
6.2
Rainbow: A Private Affair
2017
6.8
Vedete, sono uno di voi
2017
NR
E venne l'uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi
2016
NR
Il pianeta che ci ospita
2015
6.7
Greenery Will Bloom Again
2014
NR
Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare
2013
5.0
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
NR
Un ballo in maschera
2013
5.7
The Cardboard Village
2011
5.0
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
NR
Wine Cliffs
2009
5.9
Around a Small Mountain
2009
7.4
Mother Earth
2009
5.0
The Award
2009
5.9
One Hundred Nails
2007
5.2
The Duchess of Langeais
2007
7.5
Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis
2007
7.0
The Wind Blows Round
2006
10.0
Un Ballo in Maschera
2005
6.5
Tickets
2005
5.9
Singing Behind Screens
2003
6.7
The Profession of Arms
200110.0
Il Denaro non esiste
1999
6.4
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
1994
7.2
The Secret of the Old Woods
1993
7.5
In Calabria
1993
7.3
Lungo il fiume
1992
7.0
La valle di pietra
1992
5.6
12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989
6.6
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988
6.1
Long Live the Lady!
1987
NR
Così è andata: Gente di montagna
1987
7.4
Milano '83
1983
5.4
Walking, Walking
19837.0
Effetto Olmi
1982NR
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
1981
7.6
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
1978
5.0
Ciné regards
1978
6.8
The Circumstance
1974
NR
Alcide De Gasperi
1974
NR
Nascita di una formazione partigiana
1973
7.8
The Scavengers
1972
7.9
In the Summertime
1971
NR
Birth of the Republic
1971
5.8
One Fine Day
1968
7.0
Racconti di giovani amori
1967NR
Ritorno al paese
1967
NR
Il ragazzo di Gigliola
1967
NR
Franco e Antonio gli scienziati
1967
NR
Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo
1967
9.0
Nino il fioraio
1967
6.0
"Qualcosa" di Niki
1967NR
La Galleria, cuore e memoria di Milano
1967
7.9
The Crush
1967
6.5
A Man Named John
1965
7.7
Tokyo Olympiad
19656.5
700 anni fa
1964
NR
Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta
1964
7.6
The Fiancés
1963
6.7
Una storia milanese
1962
6.0
Le Grand Barrage
1961
7.0
Un metro lungo cinque
1961
7.7
Il Posto
1961
6.5
Il grande paese d’acciaio
1960
7.1
Time Stood Still
1960
9.0
Giochi di colonia
1959NR
Venezia città moderna
1958
6.9
Three Lines to Milan
1958
7.5
Il pensionato
1958
7.0
Grigio
1957
6.3
Michelino 1A B
1957
6.5
Riva Mechanical Constructions
1956
7.3
Manon: Finestra 2
1956
5.8
Il racconto della Stura
1956
7.0
La mia valle
1956
8.0
Buongiorno natura
1955
6.8
L'onda
1955
6.7
Construction Site in Winter
1955
7.0
L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura
1955
6.4
La diga del ghiacciaio
1955
8.5
La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo
1954
6.7
Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger
1954
NR
II° raduno sciistico sociale all'Alpe Devero
1954
6.5
Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore
1953
NR
Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500
1953NR
Dal diario scolastico di Cesare Cornoldi
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