Pupi Avati
Pupi (Giuseppe) Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and played in the Doctor Dixie Jazz Band, of which Lucio Dalla was also a member.[3]
Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati felt he lacked the necessary talent. In the mid-1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema after seeing Federico Fellini's 8½ and its portrait of the role of a director.[4] Avati's passion for music, as well as his love for his hometown, which was the setting of many of his films, were to become recurrent themes found in his productions.
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Movies (89)
The Warmth Of Dance
2026 · Director, Screenplay, Idea, Story, Script, Writer
Painted Screams
2025 · Sé stesso
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
L'incanto
2025 · Self
The American Backyard
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Novel, Story
Un Natale a casa Croce
2024 · Director, Writer
Nato il sei ottobre
2024 · Director, Screenplay
Alberto Sordi Secret
2024
Stolen Moments
2024 · Self
Biasanòt
2023
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
2023 · Director, Writer
Souvenir d'Italie
2022
Dante
2022 · Director, Story, Screenplay
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
2022 · Self
La voglia matta di vivere
2022 · Self
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
Vorrei sparire senza morire
2021 · Sé stesso
Lei mi parla ancora
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020 · Self
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
2020
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
2020 · Himself
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019 · Self
The Devil of Venice
2019 · Story, Screenplay, Director
Bava Puzzle
2018 · Himself
Il fulgore di Dony
2018 · Writer, Director
Laura's Wedding
2015 · Director, Story, Teleplay
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
Sun in My Eyes
2015 · Story, Teleplay, Director
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014 · Self
A Golden Boy
2014 · Screenplay, Director
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014 · Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014 · Self
The Bad Child
2013 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Welcome Mr. President!
2013 · Potere Forte
The Big Heart of Girls
2011 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Noi c'eravamo
2011 · Self
Se sei così, ti dico sì
2011 · Producer
Portrait Of My Father
2010 · Self
A Second Childhood
2010 · Director, Writer
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
Il figlio più piccolo
2010 · Writer, Director
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009 · Self
The Friends at the Margherita Café
2009 · Writer, Director, Producer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
Giovanna's Father
2008 · Director, Writer
The Hideout
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Story
A Dinner for Them to Meet
2007 · Director, Screenplay
The Second Wedding Night
2005 · Director, Writer
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
2005 · Director, Writer, Idea, Script, Story, Screenplay
Christmas Rematch
2004 · Director, Writer, Story, Idea, Screenplay
Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema
2004 · Self
Incantato
2003 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Venticinque anni di culto
2002 · Self - Director
Knights of the Quest
2001 · Writer, Screenplay, Director, Novel, Idea, Story
Midsummer Night Dance
1999 · Director
The Best Man
1997 · Director, Writer
The Mayor
1997 · Producer
Festival
1996 · Director, Writer, Idea, Screenplay, Story
Arcane Sorcerer
1996 · Director, Writer
Declarations of Love
1994 · Director
The Room Next Door
1994 · Writer
The Childhood Friend
1994 · Director, Writer
Magnificat
1993 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Brothers and Sisters
1992 · Screenplay, Director, Story
Bix
1991 · Director, Writer
Where the Night Begins
1991 · Writer
The Story of Boys and Girls
1989 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Sposi
1988 · Director, Story, Writer, Editor
The Last Minute
1987 · Director, Writer
Christmas Present
1986 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Graduation Party
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Impiegati
1985 · Director, Story, Screenplay
The Three of Us
1984 · Director, Story, Screenplay
A School Trip
1983 · Director, Writer
Revenge of the Dead
1983 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Help Me Dream
1981 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Macabre
1980 · Writer
Cinema!!!
1979 · Writer, Director
The Stars in the Ditch
1979 · Director, Story, Screenplay
All The Souls... Except the Dead
1977 · Director, Writer
The Mistress is Served
1976 · Screenplay
The House with Laughing Windows
1976 · Screenplay, Director, Story
House of Pleasure for Women
1976 · Director, Writer
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976 · Writer
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975 · Screenplay
The Baron's Mazurka
1975 · Screenplay, Director, Story
The Kiss
1974 · Writer
Thomas
1970 · Story, Screenplay, Director
Blood Relations
1970 · Story, Screenplay, Director
Satanik
1968 · First Assistant Director
