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Pupi Avati

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn November 3, 1938 (86 years)
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.

Known For

  • Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
  • The House with Laughing Windows
  • Revenge of the Dead
  • Regalo di Natale
  • Giovanna's Father
  • Macabre
  • Incantato
  • La seconda notte di nozze
  • The Friends at the Margherita Cafe
  • Arcane Sorcerer
  • Il signor Diavolo
  • The Hideout
  • The Knights of the Quest
  • The Best Man
  • Dante
  • A Golden Boy
  • The Youngest Son
  • Lei mi parla ancora
  • The Big Heart of Girls
  • Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
  • A Second Childhood
  • La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone
  • Se sei così ti dico sì
  • Magnificat

Filmography

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