Ermanno Olmi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-07-24 (87 years old)

Deathday

2018-05-07

Place of Birth

Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

Ermanno Olmi

Biography

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 neor...

Acting

1967

Racconti di giovani amori

as Lawyer (segment "Il ragazzo di Gigliola") (uncredited)

1953

2005

Un Ballo in Maschera

as Self - Stage Director

1962

1967

Il ragazzo di Gigliola

as Defense Attorney

2017

Vedete, sono uno di voi

as (voice) (uncredited)

1982

Effetto Olmi

as Himself

2019

Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Production

1994

Genesis: The Creation and the Flood

as Director of Photography

1959

Giochi di colonia

as Director of Photography

1961

1961

1961

Le Grand Barrage

as Director

1961

Il Posto

as Director

1961

Il Posto

as Writer

2007

1968

One Fine Day

as Screenplay

1968

One Fine Day

as Director

1963

The Fiancés

as Screenplay

1963

The Fiancés

as Director

1967

1974

The Circumstance

as Producer

1974

The Circumstance

as Director

1974

2003

2001

2005

Tickets

as Director

2011

1983

Walking, Walking

as Screenplay

1983

Walking, Walking

as Director

1960

Time Stood Still

as Director

1987

1987

1967

The Crush

as Director

1965

1972

The Scavengers

as Director

1965

A Man Named John

as Director

1965

A Man Named John

as Screenplay

1983

Milano '83

as Director

1958

2014

1971

In the Summertime

as Screenplay

1971

In the Summertime

as Director of Photography

1971

2007

2009

Wine Cliffs

as Director

2009

Wine Cliffs

as Writer

1967

1967

1974

1967

Nino il fioraio

as Director

1955

1955

L'onda

as Editor

1956

La mia valle

as Director of Photography

1956

Il pensionato

as Director

1978

The Tree of Wooden Clogs

as Director of Photography

1993

In Calabria

as Thanks

1956

Riva Mechanical Constructions

as Director of Photography

1957

2009

Mother Earth

as Director

1955

L'onda

as Director

2005

2017

2005

Tickets

as Screenplay

2005

Un Ballo in Maschera

as Stage Director

1956

Il pensionato

as Screenplay

1960

1972

1972

1967

The Crush

as Writer

1972

The Scavengers

as Director of Photography

1974

1983

Walking, Walking

as Director of Photography

1983

Walking, Walking

as Production Design

1983

Walking, Walking

as Costume Design

1987

Long Live the Lady!

as Director of Photography

1983

1987

1983

Milano '83

as Director of Photography

1983

Milano '83

as Editor

1983

Walking, Walking

as Set Decoration

1983

Milano '83

as Writer

2009

The Award

as Writer

1955

1971

1967

Ritorno al paese

as Director

1999

2009

1955

2011

1964

700 anni fa

as Director

1992

Lungo il fiume

as Director

1967

1967

1958

1992

1956

1992

1959

1957

Michelino 1A B

as Director

1956

La mia valle

as Director

2009

The Award

as Director

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