Giuseppe Tornatore

Personal Info

Birthday

May 27, 1956

(69 years old)

Place of Birth

Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia

Also Known As

Peppuccio Tornatore

Giuseppe 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.

Known For

Cinema Paradiso

All Star - Ritorno al cinema

Filmography

2024
Titanus 1904
as Self
2022
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
as Self
Ennio
as Self
2021
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
as Proiezionista
2020
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
as Himself
2019
Citizen Rosi
as Self
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
as Self
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
as Self
2018
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
as Self
2016
Cinque mondi
as Self
2015
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
as Self
2014
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as Self
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
as Self
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
as Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente
as Self
2010
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
as Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
as Self
2006
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
as Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
as Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self
2004
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
as Self
2002
The Magic of Fellini
as Self (archive footage)
2000
A Dream of Sicily
as Self
1997
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
as Self
1995
Ennio Morricone
as Self
1988
Cinema Paradiso
as Projectionist (uncredited)