Pupi Avati

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-11-03 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Bologna, Italy

Pupi Avati

Biography

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 ...

Production

2008

1979

Cinema!!!

as Director

1979

Cinema!!!

as Writer

2022

Dante

as Director

2021

Lei mi parla ancora

as Executive Producer

2007

The Hideout

as Director

2007

The Hideout

as Screenplay

2010

1987

The Last Minute

as Director

1993

Magnificat

as Director

1983

Zeder

as Director

2001

2001

1986

2015

1991

Bix

as Director

1992

1992

1983

A School Trip

as Director

2004

2004

1980

Macabre

as Writer

2010

2010

2003

Incantato

as Director

2011

1985

Impiegati

as Director

1985

Impiegati

as Story

1988

Sposi

as Director

1996

Arcane Sorcerer

as Director

1997

The Best Man

as Director

1999

1975

1975

The Baron's Mazurka

as Screenplay

1994

1991

Bix

as Writer

1994

1985

Graduation Party

as Director

1985

Graduation Party

as Screenplay

1984

The Three of Us

as Director

2013

A Wedding

as Director

2013

The Bad Child

as Director

2019

Mr. Devil

as Story

2019

Mr. Devil

as Screenplay

1996

Festival

as Director

2014

A Golden Boy

as Director

2014

A Golden Boy

as Screenplay

1974

2025

2025

2013

2013

The Bad Child

as Screenplay

1997

The Best Man

as Writer

1968

Satanik

as First Assistant Director

2015

Laura's Wedding

as Director

2015

1970

Thomas

as Story

1970

Thomas

as Screenplay

1970

1982

Dancing Paradise

as Director

1976

1970

Blood Relations

as Screenplay

1996

1970

Thomas

as Director

1996

Festival

as Writer

1970

Blood Relations

as Director

2015

Sun in My Eyes

as Director

2015

Sun in My Eyes

as Teleplay

1994

2022

Dante

as Screenplay

2022

Dante

as Story

2003

Incantato

as Screenplay

2003

Incantato

as Story

2018

2015

Laura's Wedding

as Teleplay

1983

Zeder

as Screenplay

1983

Zeder

as Story

1993

Magnificat

as Screenplay

1993

Magnificat

as Story

2007

1979

1979

1981

Help Me Dream

as Director

2018

1987

2008

2011

2019

Mr. Devil

as Director

2021

2021

2007

The Hideout

as Story

2024

2024

Nato il sei ottobre

as Screenplay

2024

1983

A School Trip

as Writer

1996

Festival

as Idea

1996

Festival

as Screenplay

1996

Festival

as Story

1988

Sposi

as Story

1988

Sposi

as Writer

1988

Sposi

as Editor

2004

2004

Christmas Rematch

as Screenplay

1984

1984

The Three of Us

as Screenplay

1985

Impiegati

as Screenplay

1985

1986

Christmas Present

as Screenplay

1986

1981

Help Me Dream

as Screenplay

1981

1997

The Mayor

as Producer

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