Giuseppe Tornatore
Known for: Directing
Born: May 27, 1956
Place of birth: Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
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.
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Filmography
60 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
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Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
2026NR
Quelli che il cinema
2025
5.5
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
2025
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Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra
2025
5.7
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025
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Titanus 1904
2024
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Steno
2022
7.4
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
8.3
Ennio
2022
7.6
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
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Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
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Devotion
2020
7.8
Citizen Rosi
2019
7.6
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
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Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
2019
6.0
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
2018
6.5
Cinque mondi
2016
6.4
Correspondence
2016
8.5
I Don't Know the Men of this City
2015NR
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
2015
9.0
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014
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Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
2014
6.1
Mafia Millionaires
2014
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Tutte le storie di Piera
2014
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Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014
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C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014
7.8
The Best Offer
2013
2.5
Il Mago di Esselunga
2011
6.3
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010
5.0
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
6.8
Everybody's Fine
2009
7.2
Baaria
2009
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Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009NR
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
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A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
2006
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Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006
7.2
The Unknown Woman
2006
5.2
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
5.7
Under a False Name
2004
9.0
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
3.5
The Magic of Fellini
2002
7.6
Malena
2000
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A Dream of Sicily
2000
8.2
The Prince's Manuscript
2000
8.2
The Legend of 1900
1998
7.0
Bakunin's Son
1997
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The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997
7.0
The Star Maker
19958.0
Lo schermo a tre punte
1995
6.8
Ennio Morricone
1995
7.4
A Pure Formality
1994
4.3
The King of Ads
1991
6.2
Especially on Sunday
1991
7.3
Everybody's Fine
1990
8.4
Cinema Paradiso
1988
7.1
The Professor
1986
6.9
One Hundred Days in Palermo
1984NR
Diario di Guttuso
1982NR
The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso
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Il sognatore indiscreto
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With Her Eyes
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The First Dollar
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Paradiso
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