- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 3, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Bologna, Italy
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.
Filmography
movieThe Warmth Of Dance
2026 · Director, Screenplay, Idea, Story, Script, Writer
Quelli che il cinema
tvQuelli che il cinema
2025 · Self
moviePainted Screams
2025 · Sé stesso
movieLa nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
movieL'incanto
2025 · Self
movieThe American Backyard
2025 · Director, Screenplay, Novel, Story
movieUn Natale a casa Croce
2024 · Director, Writer
movieNato il sei ottobre
2024 · Director, Screenplay
movieAlberto Sordi Secret
2024
movieBiasanòt
2023
movieLa quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
2023 · Director, Writer
movieSouvenir d'Italie
2022
movieDante
2022 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieLa Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
2022 · Self
movieLa voglia matta di vivere
2022 · Self
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
moviePupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
movieVorrei sparire senza morire
2021 · Sé stesso
movieLei mi parla ancora
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer
moviePaolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020 · Self
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
movieLili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
2020
movieItaly Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
2020 · Himself
movieBoia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
2019 · Self
movieMr. Devil
2019 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieBava Puzzle
2018 · Himself
movieIl fulgore di Dony
2018 · Writer, Director
movieLaura's Wedding
2015 · Director, Story, Teleplay
movieThe Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
movieSun in My Eyes
2015 · Story, Teleplay, Director
movie27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014 · Self
movieA Golden Boy
2014 · Screenplay, Director
movieGian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014 · Self
movieC'era una volta il prossimamente
2014 · Self
tvUn matrimonio
2013 · Writer, Director, Creator
movieThe Bad Child
2013 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieWelcome Mr. President!
2013 · Potere Forte
movieThe Big Heart of Girls
2011 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieNoi c'eravamo
2011 · Self
movieSe sei così, ti dico sì
2011 · Producer
moviePortrait Of My Father
2010 · Self
movieA Second Childhood
2010 · Director, Writer
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
movieFlaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
movieIl figlio più piccolo
2010 · Writer, Director
moviePietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009 · Self
movieThe Friends At The Margherita Café
2009 · Writer, Director, Producer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
movieGiovanna's Father
2008 · Director, Writer
movieThe Hideout
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieA Dinner for Them to Meet
2007 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Second Wedding Night
2005 · Director, Writer
movieMa Quando Arrivano Le Ragazze?
2005 · Director, Writer, Idea, Script, Story, Screenplay
movieChristmas Rematch
2004 · Director, Writer, Story, Idea, Screenplay
moviePupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema
2004 · Self
movieIncantato
2003 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieKnights Of The Quest
2001 · Writer, Screenplay, Director, Novel, Idea, Story
movieMidsummer Night Dance
1999 · Director
movieThe Best Man
1997 · Director, Writer
movieThe Mayor
1997 · Producer
movieFestival
1996 · Director, Writer, Idea, Screenplay, Story
movieArcane Sorcerer
1996 · Director, Writer
tvNight Voices
1995 · Screenplay, Creator
movieDeclarations of Love
1994 · Director
movieThe Room Next Door
1994 · Writer
movieThe Childhood Friend
1994 · Director, Writer
movieMagnificat
1993 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieBrothers and Sisters
1992 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieBix
1991 · Director, Writer
movieWhere the Night Begins
1991 · Writer
E' proibito ballare
tvE' proibito ballare
1989 · Supervising Art Director
movieThe Story of Boys and Girls
1989 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieSposi
1988 · Director, Story, Writer, Editor
movieThe Last Minute
1987 · Director, Writer
movieChristmas Present
1986 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieGraduation Party
1985 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieImpiegati
1985 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Three of Us
1984 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieA School Trip
1983 · Director, Writer
movieRevenge of the Dead
1983 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieDancing Paradise
1982 · Director
tvChe fai... ridi?
1982 · Director
movieHelp Me Dream
1981 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieMacabre
1980 · Writer
movieCinema!!!
1979 · Writer, Director
movieThe Stars in the Ditch
1979 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Jazz band
tvJazz band
1978 · Director
movieAll The Souls... Except the Dead
1977 · Director, Writer
movieThe Mistress is Served
1976 · Screenplay
tvDomenica In
1976 · Self
movieThe House with Laughing Windows
1976 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieHouse of Pleasure for Women
1976 · Director, Writer
movieSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
1976 · Writer
movieIl cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
1975 · Screenplay
movieThe Baron's Mazurka
1975 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieThe Kiss
1974 · Writer
movieThomas
1970 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieBlood Relations
1970 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieSatanik
1968 · First Assistant Director