Giuseppe Tornatore

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Giuseppe Tornatore
Born	(1956-05-27) 27 May 1956 (age 67) Bagheria, Sicily, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1985–present
Awards	Academy Award

Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian

Tornatore is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Tornatore feature films since 1988.^[3][4]

Life and career

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

In

Tornatore describes himself as "one who does not believe and who regrets this".[7] His brother, Francesco Tornatore, is a producer.

Filmography

Written and directed

• 1986: The Professor (Il camorrista)
• 1988: Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso)
• 1990:
  Everybody's Fine (Stanno tutti bene)
• 1991: Especially on Sunday (segment "Il cane blu")
• 1994: A Pure Formality (Una pura formalità)
• 1995: The Star Maker (L'uomo delle stelle)
• 1995: Lo schermo a tre punte (documentary)
• 1996: Ritratti d'autore: seconda serie (documentary)
• 1998: The Legend of 1900 (La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano)
• 2000: Malèna
• 2006:
  The Unknown Woman (La sconosciuta)
• 2009: Baarìa
• 2013: The Best Offer (La migliore offerta)
• 2016: The Correspondence (La corrispondenza)
• 2021: Ennio - The Maestro
• TBA: Cinema Paradiso - Miniseries

Screenplay only

• Cento giorni a Palermo ("One Hundred Days in Palermo"), directed by Giuseppe Ferrara
  (1984) - Tornatore is credited under the name Peppuccio Tornatore

Further reading

• Giuseppe Tornatore. Uno sguardo dal set a cura di Ninni Panzera, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2007
• L'isola di Tornatore a cura di Ninni Panzera, Silvana Editoriale, Cinisello Balsamo 2010
• Le Madonie, cinema ad alte quote di Sebastiano Gesù e Elena Russo, con introduzione di Francesco Novara e presentazione di Pasquale Scimeca, Giuseppe Maimone Editore, Catania 1995 (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso and L'Uomo delle Stelle)

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