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Encyclopedia > Giuseppe Tornatore
Giuseppe Tornatore
Born May 27, 1956 (1956-05-27) (age 51)
Bagheria, Sicily, Italy
BAFTA Awards
Best Foreign Film
1990 Nuovo cinema Paradiso
Best Original Screenplay
1990 Nuovo cinema Paradiso

Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director. is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bagheria is a town of approximately 40,000 inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... This page lists the winners and nominees for the BAFTA Award for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language and Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film for each year, in addition to the retired earlier versions of those awards. ... Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989) is an Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ... 2006 - Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt Babel - Guillermo Arriaga El Laberinto del fauno - Guillermo del Toro The Queen - Peter Morgan United 93 - Paul Greengrass 2005 - Crash - Paul Haggis Robert Moresco Good Night, and Good Luck. ... Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989) is an Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ... is the 147th day of the year (148th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

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Biography

Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore shown interest in theatre and acting well from the age of 16. He then switched to cinema, making his debut with a documentary movie called Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (Ethnical minorities in Sicily), which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then went on working for RAI, before releasing his first full-length movie, Il Camorrista, in 1985. Bagheria is a town of approximately 40,000 inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. ... For other uses, see Palermo (disambiguation). ... Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Il Camorrista also know as The Proffesor, is a 1986 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...


However, Tornatore's best known screen work was released in 1989: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a movie about the return of a successful film director to his native town in Sicily for the funeral of an old friend of his, obtained worldwide success and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Following the success of Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, Tornatore released several other movies, his latest in 2006, but never repeating the success of his most successful work. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989) is an Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign Language Film is a yearly US award for the best film in a language other than English, released in the period October - September in the country of origin. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...


Filmography

Il Camorrista also know as The Proffesor, is a 1986 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (1989) is an Italian film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ... The Star Maker (as best known LUomo delle stelle in Italy) is a 1995 Italian language motion picture. ... The Legend of 1900 (original title being La Leggenda del Pianista sullOceano) is a 1998 film starring Tim Roth, done by the Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Malèna is a 2000 Italian drama/romance film starring Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro. ... La Sconosciuta is a 2006 Italian thriller film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. ...

As a screenplay writer

Cento giorni a Palermo (in English: One hundred days in Palermo) is a 1984 non-fiction film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara with Giuseppe Tornatore as screenplay writer. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Tornatore's Malena - Best of Sicily Magazine (599 words)
In Maléna, Sicilian director Giuseppe Tornatore's newest film, recently released internationally in a version with subtitles, Monica Bellucci plays Maléna Scordia, the local beauty of a Sicilian town during the Second World War.
Tornatore takes a few liberties with historical facts, but the real shortcoming of Maléna is that, despite inspired direction and competent acting, it falls short as both a coming-of-age picture and a serious drama.
Giuseppe Tornatore's direction and Lajos Koltai's cinematography almost save the film at several points.
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