Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer. Best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" — L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962), as well as the English-language Blowup (1966), Antonioni "redefined the concept of narrative cinema" and challenged traditional approaches to storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. He produced "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" and rejected action in favor of contemplation, focusing on image and design over character and story. His films defined a "cinema of possibilities".
Antonioni received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1960, 1962), Palme d'Or (1966), and 35th Anniversary Prize (1982); the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion (1955), Golden Lion (1964), FIPRESCI Prize (1964, 1995), and Pietro Bianchi Award (1998); the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon eight times; and an honorary Academy Award in 1995. He is one of three directors to have won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear, and the only director to have won these three and the Golden Leopard.
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Movies (70)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Close Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Wandering Heart
2009 · Self
Palermo Shooting
2008 · In Memory Of
Antonioni su Antonioni
2008 · Himself
Back to Room 666
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Sweet Ruin
2008 · Screenplay
Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
2007 · Self
A Thousand and One Monica
2006
Eros
2004 · Director, Writer
Michelangelo Eye to Eye
2004 · Self, Director, Writer
Words in Progress
2004
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Sicily
1997 · Director, Producer
Beyond the Clouds
1995 · Director, Book, Screenplay, Editor
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995 · Self (uncredited), Writer
Dear Antonioni
1995 · Self
Noto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
1993 · Director, Editor
Kumbha Mela
1992 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
Un po' di Giappone
1990 · Self (uncredited), Director
12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989 · Director
Roma
1989 · Director, Writer
Room 666
1985 · Self
Antonioni, la dernière séquence
1985 · himself
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984 · Self
Gianna Nannini: Fotoromanza
1984 · Director
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983 · Director, Editor, Writer
Identification of a Woman
1982 · Director, Story, Screenplay, Editor
The Mystery of Oberwald
1981 · Writer, Director, Editor
Antonioni visto da Antonioni
1978 · Self
The Passenger
1975 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
Chung Kuo: China
1972 · Director, Writer
Zabriskie Point
1970 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Editor
Underground New York
1968 · Self
Cinéma et Réalité
1967 · Self
Blow-Up
1966 · Screenplay, Director, Story
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965 · Self
Tokyo Olympiad
1965 · Thanks
The Three Faces
1965 · Director
Il provino
1965 · Director, Writer
Red Desert
1964 · Director, Screenplay, Story
L'Eclisse
1962 · Director, Story, Screenplay
La Notte
1961 · Story, Director, Screenplay
L'Avventura
1960 · Screenplay, Director, Story
Sign of the Gladiator
1959 · Second Unit Director
Tempest
1958 · Assistant Director
Il Grido
1957 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Le Amiche
1955 · Director, Screenplay
Love in the City
1953 · Director, Writer
The Vanquished
1953 · Director, Screenplay, Story
The Lady Without Camelias
1953 · Screenplay, Director, Story
The White Sheik
1952 · Story
Story of a Love Affair
1950 · Director, Story, Screenplay
The Villa of Monsters
1950 · Director, Writer, Editor
The Funicular of Mount Faloria
1950 · Director
Lies of Love
1949 · Director, Editor, Sound, Writer
Superstition
1948 · Director, Writer, Editor
Seven Reeds, One Dress
1948 · Director, Writer, Sound, Editor
N.U.
1948 · Director, Writer, Editor
Tragic Hunt
1947 · Screenplay
People of the Po Valley
1947 · Director, Writer
The Devil's Envoys
1942 · Assistant Director
I due Foscari
1942 · Screenplay
A Pilot Returns
1942 · Screenplay
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
· Self (archive footage)
Technically Sweet
· Screenplay
Japan 1984 – 7 Betacam Tapes
· Director
