- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- September 29, 1912
- Place of Birth
- Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Died
- July 30, 2007
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 Fe…
Filmography
movieJeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieMonica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieClose Up
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieWandering Heart
2009 · Self
moviePalermo Shooting
2008 · In Memory Of
Antonioni su Antonioni
movieAntonioni su Antonioni
2008 · Himself
Back to Room 666
movieBack to Room 666
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieSweet Ruin
2008 · Screenplay
movieAutoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
2007 · Self
movieA Thousand and One Monica
2006
movieEros
2004 · Director, Writer
movieMichelangelo Eye to Eye
2004 · Self, Director, Writer
movieWords in Progress
2004
movieFame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieMichelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieSicily
1997 · Director, Producer
movieBeyond the Clouds
1995 · Director, Book, Screenplay, Editor
movieTo Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995 · Self (uncredited), Writer
movieDear Antonioni
1995 · Self
movieNoto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
1993 · Director, Editor
movieKumbha Mela
1992 · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
movieUn po' di Giappone
1990 · Self (uncredited), Director
movie12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989 · Director
movieRoma
1989 · Writer, Director
movieRoom 666
1985 · Self
movieAntonioni, la dernière séquence
1985 · himself
movieFarewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984 · Self
movieReturn to Lisca Bianca Island
1983 · Editor, Director, Writer
movieIdentification of a Woman
1982 · Story, Screenplay, Director, Editor
movieThe Mystery of Oberwald
1981 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieAntonioni visto da Antonioni
1978 · Self
movieThe Passenger
1975 · Screenplay, Director, Editor
movieChung Kuo: China
1972 · Director, Writer
tvChung Kuo-Cina
1972 · Director
movieZabriskie Point
1970 · Screenplay, Director, Story, Editor
movieUnderground New York
1968 · Self
movieCinéma et Réalité
1967 · Self
movieBlow-Up
1966 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieAntonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965 · Self
movieTokyo Olympiad
1965 · Thanks
movieThe Three Faces
1965 · Director
movieIl provino
1965 · Director, Writer
movieRed Desert
1964 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieL'Eclisse
1962 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieLa Notte
1961 · Screenplay, Story, Director
movieL'Avventura
1960 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieSign of the Gladiator
1959 · Second Unit Director
movieTempest
1958 · Assistant Director
movieIl Grido
1957 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieLe Amiche
1955 · Screenplay, Director
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
movieLove in the City
1953 · Director, Writer
movieThe Vanquished
1953 · Director, Screenplay, Story
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
movieThe Lady Without Camelias
1953 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieThe White Sheik
1952 · Story
movieStory of a Love Affair
1950 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Funicular of Mount Faloria
1950 · Director
movieThe Villa of Monsters
1950 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieLies of Love
1949 · Director, Writer, Sound, Editor
movieSuperstition
1948 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieSeven Reeds, One Dress
1948 · Director, Sound, Writer, Editor
movieN.U.
1948 · Director, Editor, Writer
movieTragic Hunt
1947 · Screenplay
moviePeople of the Po Valley
1947 · Director, Writer
movieThe Devil's Envoys
1942 · Assistant Director
movieI due Foscari
1942 · Screenplay
movieA Pilot Returns
1942 · Screenplay
movieI Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
— · Self (archive footage)
Technically Sweet
movieTechnically Sweet
— · Screenplay
Japan 1984 – 7 Betacam Tapes
movieJapan 1984 – 7 Betacam Tapes
— · Director