Giuseppe Tornatore
- Birthday
- May 27, 1956
- Birthplace
- Bagheria, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Bio: Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore earned international acclaim in 1988 with his second film, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso/Cinema Paradiso. A nostalgic and unabashedly sentimental tribute to the influence of movies on a young boy's life, the film earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Grand Jury Prize at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. Tornatore was born in… More Bio: Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore earned international acclaim in 1988 with his second film, Nuovo Cinema Paradiso/Cinema Paradiso. A nostalgic and unabashedly sentimental tribute to the influence of movies on a young boy's life, the film earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Grand Jury Prize at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. Tornatore was born in Bagheria, Italy. Before becoming a filmmaker, he was an award-winning still photographer and then a television director who specialized in making documentaries. Tornatore made his feature-film debut in 1985 with Il Camorrista/The Professor. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Filmography
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L'ultimo gattopardo: Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2011)
- Director, Screenwriter
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Dante Ferretti: Scenografo Italiano (2010)
- Actor
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Baarìa (2009)
- Director
- 55%
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La Sconosciuta (The Unknown) (The Other Woman) (2006)
- Director, Screenwriter
- 65%
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Magic of Fellini (2002)
- Actor
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