Giuseppe Tornatore
Known for Directing · 34 credits
- Born
- 1956-05-27 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
- Also known as
- Peppuccio Tornatore
Biography
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 For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (33)
Cinema Paradiso
1988
as Projectionist (uncredited)
Ennio
2022
as Self
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
as Self
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004
as Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
as Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
as Self
The Magic of Fellini
2002
as Self (archive footage)
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021
as Proiezionista
Ennio Morricone
1995
as Self
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
2014
as Self
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010
as Self
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
2026
as Self
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
2019
as Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014
as Self
Titanus 1904
2024
as Self
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020
as Self
A Dream of Sicily
2000
as Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014
as Self
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997
as Self
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019
as Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006
as Self
Cinque mondi
2016
as Self
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014
as Self
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
2015
as Self
Citizen Rosi
2019
as Self
I Don't Know the Men of this City
2015
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
2018
as Self
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
2006
as Self
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra
2025
as Self
The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014
About 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 fu… With 34 credits spanning from 1988 to 2026, Giuseppe Tornatore has appeared in 33 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Giuseppe Tornatore Movies
- Cinema Paradiso (1988) — as Projectionist (uncredited)
- Ennio (2022) — as Self
- Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022) — as Self
- The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth (2004) — as Self
- Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) — as Self
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