Pupi Avati
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 3, 1938, Bologna, Italy
- Movies
- 88
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | The Warmth Of Dance | Director, Screenplay, Writer |
| 2025 | The American Backyard | Director, Screenplay |
| 2024 | Un Natale a casa Croce | Director, Writer |
| 2024 | Nato il sei ottobre | Director, Screenplay |
| 2023 | La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario | Director, Writer |
| 2022 | Dante | Director, Screenplay |
| 2021 | Lei mi parla ancora | Director, Writer |
| 2019 | Mr. Devil | Screenplay, Director |
| 2018 | Il fulgore di Dony | Writer, Director |
| 2015 | Laura's Wedding | Director |
| 2015 | Sun in My Eyes | Director |
| 2014 | A Golden Boy | Screenplay, Director |
| 2013 | The Bad Child | Director, Screenplay |
| 2011 | The Big Heart of Girls | Director, Screenplay |
| 2011 | Se sei così, ti dico sì | Producer |
| 2010 | A Second Childhood | Director, Writer |
| 2010 | Il figlio più piccolo | Writer, Director |
| 2009 | The Friends at the Margherita Café | Writer, Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 2008 | Giovanna's Father | Director, Writer |
| 2007 | The Hideout | Director, Screenplay |
| 2007 | A Dinner for Them to Meet | Director, Screenplay |
| 2005 | The Second Wedding Night | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? | Director, Writer, Screenplay |
| 2004 | Christmas Rematch | Director, Writer, Screenplay |
| 2003 | Incantato | Director, Screenplay |
| 2001 | Knights of the Quest | Writer, Screenplay, Director |
| 1999 | Midsummer Night Dance | Director |
| 1997 | The Best Man | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | The Mayor | Producer |
| 1996 | Festival | Director, Writer, Screenplay |
| 1996 | Arcane Sorcerer | Director, Writer |
| 1994 | Declarations of Love | Director |
| 1994 | The Room Next Door | Writer |
| 1994 | The Childhood Friend | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | Magnificat | Director, Screenplay |
| 1992 | Brothers and Sisters | Screenplay, Director |
| 1991 | Bix | Director, Writer |
| 1991 | Where the Night Begins | Writer |
| 1989 | The Story of Boys and Girls | Director, Screenplay |
| 1988 | Sposi | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | The Last Minute | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Christmas Present | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Graduation Party | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Impiegati | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | The Three of Us | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | A School Trip | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Revenge of the Dead | Director, Screenplay |
| 1981 | Help Me Dream | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Macabre | Writer |
| 1979 | Cinema!!! | Writer, Director |
| 1979 | The Stars in the Ditch | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | All The Souls... Except the Dead | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | The Mistress is Served | Screenplay |
| 1976 | The House with Laughing Windows | Screenplay, Director |
| 1976 | House of Pleasure for Women | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Writer |
| 1975 | Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza | Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Baron's Mazurka | Screenplay, Director |
| 1974 | The Kiss | Writer |
| 1970 | Thomas | Screenplay, Director |
| 1970 | Blood Relations | Screenplay, Director |
Data from TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.