Michelangelo Antonioni
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 29, 1912
- Died
- July 30, 2007 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biography
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 Festival Silver Lion (1955), Golden Lion (1964), FIPRESCI Prize (1964, 1995), and Pietro Bianchi Award (1998); the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon eight times; and an honorary Academy Award in 1995. He is one of three directors to have won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear, and the only director to have won these three and the Golden Leopard.
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Filmography
Japan 1984 – 7 Betacam Tapes
Movie · Director
Eros
Movie · Director
Michelangelo Eye to Eye
Movie · Director
Sicily
Movie · Director
Beyond the Clouds
Movie · Director
Noto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
Movie · Director
Kumbha Mela
Movie · Director
Un po' di Giappone
Movie · Director
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Movie · Director
Roma
Movie · Director
Gianna Nannini: Fotoromanza
Movie · Director
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Movie · Director
Identification of a Woman
Movie · Director
The Mystery of Oberwald
Movie · Director
The Passenger
Movie · Director
Chung Kuo: China
Movie · Director
Chung Kuo-Cina
TV · Director · 3 eps
Zabriskie Point
Movie · Director
Blow-Up
Movie · Director
The Three Faces
Movie · Director
Il provino
Movie · Director
Red Desert
Movie · Director
L'Eclisse
Movie · Director
La Notte
Movie · Director
L'Avventura
Movie · Director
Sign of the Gladiator
Movie · Second Unit Director
Tempest
Movie · Assistant Director
Il Grido
Movie · Director
Le Amiche
Movie · Director
Love in the City
Movie · Director
The Vanquished
Movie · Director
The Lady Without Camelias
Movie · Director
Story of a Love Affair
Movie · Director
The Funicular of Mount Faloria
Movie · Director
The Villa of Monsters
Movie · Director
Lies of Love
Movie · Director
N.U.
Movie · Director
Superstition
Movie · Director
Seven Reeds, One Dress
Movie · Director
People of the Po Valley
Movie · Director
The Devil's Envoys
Movie · Assistant Director