Personal Info
Known For:
Directing
Birthday:
November 3, 1938
Place of Birth:
Bologna, Italy
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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 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | L'incanto | Self |
| 2025 | La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione | |
| 2025 | Painted Screams | Sé stesso |
| 2024 | Alberto Sordi Secret | |
| 2023 | Biasanòt | |
| 2022 | La voglia matta di vivere | Self |
| 2022 | La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema | Self |
| 2022 | Souvenir d'Italie | |
| 2021 | Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta | |
| 2021 | Vorrei sparire senza morire | Sé stesso |
| 2020 | Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me | Self |
| 2020 | Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs | Himself |
| 2020 | Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani | |
| 2019 | Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta | Self |
| 2018 | Bava Puzzle | Himself |
| 2015 | The Day of the Two Holy Popes | |
| 2014 | Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione | Self |
| 2014 | C'era una volta il prossimamente | Self |
| 2014 | 27 aprile Racconto di un evento | Self |
| 2013 | Welcome Mr. President! | Potere Forte |
| 2011 | Noi c'eravamo | Self |
| 2010 | Flaiano: il meglio è passato | |
| 2010 | Portrait Of My Father | Self |
| 2009 | Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Domenica In | Self |