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.
56 directing credits · 27 acting credits
Directing · 56
The Baron's Mazurka
1975
Christmas Rematch
2004
Che fai... ridi?
1982
Un matrimonio
2013
The House with Laughing Windows
1976
A Golden Boy
2014
Giovanna's Father
2008
The Hideout
2007
Brothers and Sisters
1992
The Last Minute
1987
Christmas Present
1986
Dante
2022
Il figlio più piccolo
2010
A Second Childhood
2010
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
2023
Revenge of the Dead
1983
Arcane Sorcerer
1996
Thomas
1970
Impiegati
1985
A Dinner for Them to Meet
2007
All The Souls... Except the Dead
1977
The American Backyard
2025
Knights Of The Quest
2001
Mr. Devil
2019
The Warmth of Dance
2026
The Friends At The Margherita Café
2009
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
2005
Jazz band
1978
House of Pleasure for Women
1976
Lei mi parla ancora
2021
Magnificat
1993
Sun in My Eyes
2015
Sposi
1988
Il fulgore di Dony
2018
Bix
1991
The Big Heart of Girls
2011
The Second Wedding Night
2005
Incantato
2003
The Three of Us
1984
The Story of Boys and Girls
1989
The Best Man
1997
Festival
1996
Declarations of Love
1994
Cinema!!!
1979
A School Trip
1983
Help Me Dream
1981
The Childhood Friend
1994
The Stars in the Ditch
1979
Graduation Party
1985
Laura's Wedding
2015
Nato il sei ottobre
2024
Midsummer Night Dance
1999
Dancing Paradise
1982
The Bad Child
2013
Un Natale a casa Croce
2024
Blood Relations
1970
Acting · 27
Domenica In
1976
Quelli che il cinema
2025
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009
Welcome Mr. President!
2013
Portrait Of My Father
2010
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Noi c'eravamo
2011
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
2020
La voglia matta di vivere
2022
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
2022
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
2020
C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
2014
Painted Screams
2025
Bava Puzzle
2018
Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
2019
Alberto Sordi Secret
2024
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
Vorrei sparire senza morire
2021
Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema
2004
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
Souvenir d'Italie
2022
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
2020
Biasanòt
2023
L'incanto
2025