
Giuseppe Tornatore
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.
- Known ForDirecting
- Born27 May 1956 (age 69)
- Place of BirthBagheria, Sicilia, Italia
Giuseppe Tornatore

- Known ForDirecting
- Born27 May 1956 (age 69)
- Place of BirthBagheria, Sicilia, Italia

Titanus 1904
2024

Ennio
2022

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022

All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021

Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020

Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
2019

Citizen Rosi
2019

Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019

24/25 Il fotogramma in più
2018

Correspondence
2016

Cinque mondi
2016
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
2015
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014

C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
2014

Tutte le storie di Piera
2014

The Best Offer
2013

Il Mago di Esselunga
2011

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010

Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010

Baaria
2009

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007

The Unknown Woman
2006

A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
2006

Marcello, una vita dolce
2006

Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004

The Magic of Fellini
2002

Malena
2000

The Prince's Manuscript
2000

A Dream of Sicily
2000

The Legend of 1900
1998

Bakunin's Son
1997

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997

The Star Maker
1995
Lo schermo a tre punte
1995

Ennio Morricone
1995

A Pure Formality
1994

Especially on Sunday
1991

The King of Ads
1991

Everybody's Fine
1990

Cinema Paradiso
1988

The Professor
1986
