Pupi Avati
Directing
Born November 3, 1938 in Bologna, Italy
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
The Warmth Of Dance
Painted Screams
Sé stesso
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
L'incanto
Self
The American Backyard
Un Natale a casa Croce
Nato il sei ottobre
Alberto Sordi Secret
Biasanòt
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
Souvenir d'Italie
Dante
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
Self
La voglia matta di vivere
Self
Vorrei sparire senza morire
Sé stesso
Lei mi parla ancora
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Self
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
Himself
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Self
Mr. Devil
Bava Puzzle
Himself
Il fulgore di Dony
Laura's Wedding
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
Sun in My Eyes
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
Self
A Golden Boy
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente
Self
Un matrimonio
The Bad Child
Welcome Mr. President!
Potere Forte
The Big Heart of Girls
Noi c'eravamo
Self
Se sei così, ti dico sì
Portrait Of My Father
Self
A Second Childhood
Il figlio più piccolo
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Self
The Friends At The Margherita Café
Giovanna's Father
The Hideout
A Dinner for Them to Meet
The Second Wedding Night
Ma Quando Arrivano Le Ragazze?
Christmas Rematch
Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema
Self
Incantato
Knights Of The Quest
Midsummer Night Dance
The Best Man
The Mayor
Festival
Arcane Sorcerer
Night Voices
Declarations of Love
The Room Next Door
The Childhood Friend
Magnificat
Brothers and Sisters
Bix
Where the Night Begins
The Story of Boys and Girls
Sposi
The Last Minute
Christmas Present
Graduation Party
Impiegati
The Three of Us
A School Trip
Revenge of the Dead
Dancing Paradise
Che fai... ridi?
Help Me Dream
Macabre
Cinema!!!
The Stars in the Ditch
All The Souls... Except the Dead
The Mistress is Served
Domenica In
Self
The House with Laughing Windows
House of Pleasure for Women
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
The Baron's Mazurka
The Kiss
Thomas
Blood Relations
Satanik