Ermanno Olmi
Directing
Born July 24, 1931 in Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Ermanno Olmi (born July 24, 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy) was a renowned Italian film director. Olmi's films have been described as "humanistic and reflective, portraying everyday people in particular landscapes and locations, while at the same time being charged with social comment and poetic flashes." His films fit into the artistic mold of Italian neorealism, though Olmi argued, in an interview found on the Criterion Edition DVD of his 1961 film, Il Posto, that this was the artistic tradition he was responding against because he used non-actors in authentic locations whereas neorealism, he claimed, used professional actors. However, many neorealist directors also used non-professional actors for secondary and sometimes even primary roles. His films, like most of those considered to be products of the neorealist movement, are shot in long, slow takes, and generally contain some sort of social commentary.
Filmography
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rainbow: A Private Affair
Vedete, sono uno di voi
(voice) (uncredited)
E venne l'uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi
Il pianeta che ci ospita
Greenery Will Bloom Again
Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare
Self
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
The Cardboard Village
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Wine Cliffs
Around a Small Mountain
Mother Earth
The Award
One Hundred Nails
The Duchess of Langeais
Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis
The Wind Blows Round
Un Ballo in Maschera
Self - Stage Director
Tickets
Singing Behind Screens
The Profession of Arms
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
The Secret of the Old Woods
In Calabria
Lungo il fiume
La valle di pietra
12 Directors for 12 Cities
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Long Live the Lady!
Così è andata: Gente di montagna
Milano '83
Walking, Walking
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Ciné regards
Self
The Circumstance
Alcide De Gasperi
Nascita di una formazione partigiana
The Scavengers
In the Summertime
Birth of the Republic
One Fine Day
Racconti di giovani amori
Lawyer (segment "Il ragazzo di Gigliola") (uncredited)
Il ragazzo di Gigliola
Defense Attorney
Franco e Antonio gli scienziati
Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo
Nino il fioraio
"Qualcosa" di Niki
The Crush
A Man Named John
Tokyo Olympiad
Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta
The Fiancés
Una storia milanese
Turchi
Un metro lungo cinque
Le Grand Barrage
Il Posto
Il grande paese d’acciaio
Time Stood Still
Giochi di colonia
Three Lines to Milan
Grigio
Michelino 1A B
Riva Mechanical Constructions
Manon: Finestra 2
Il racconto della Stura
La mia valle
Il pensionato
Buongiorno natura
L'onda
Construction Site in Winter
L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura
La diga del ghiacciaio
La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo
Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger
II° raduno sciistico sociale all'Alpe Devero
Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore
Interviewer (uncredited)
Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500