Michelangelo Antonioni
Biography
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer. Best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" — L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962), as well as the English-language Blowup (1966), Antonioni "redefined the concept of narrative cinema" and challenged traditional approaches to storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. He produced "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" and rejected action in favor of contemplation, focusing on image and design over character and story. His films defined a "cinema of possibilities". Antonioni received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1960, 1962), Palme d'Or (1966), and 35th Anniversary Prize (1982); the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion (1955), Golden Lion (1964), FIPRESCI Prize (1964, 1995), and Pietro Bianchi Award (1998); the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon eight times; and an honorary Academy Award in 1995. He is one of three directors to have won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear, and the only director to have won these three and the Golden Leopard.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (48)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2018
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Wandering Heart
as Self
2009
Palermo Shooting
In Memory Of (Crew)
2008
Antonioni su Antonioni
as Himself
2008
Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Sweet Ruin
Screenplay (Writing)
2008
Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
as Self
2007
A Thousand and One Monica
2006
Eros
Director (Directing)
2004
Michelangelo Eye to Eye
as Self
2004
Words in Progress
2004
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Sicily
Director (Directing)
1997
Beyond the Clouds
Director (Directing)
1995
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
1995
Dear Antonioni
as Self
1995
Noto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
Director (Directing)
1993
Kumbha Mela
Director (Directing)
1992
Un po' di Giappone
as Self (uncredited)
1990
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director (Directing)
1989
Roma
Director (Directing)
1989
Antonioni, la dernière séquence
as himself
1985
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
as Self
1984
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Director (Directing)
1983
Identification of a Woman
Director (Directing)
1982
Room 666
as Self
1982
The Mystery of Oberwald
Writer (Writing)
1981
Antonioni visto da Antonioni
as Self
1978
The Passenger
Screenplay (Writing)
1975
Chung Kuo: China
Director (Directing)
1972
Zabriskie Point
Director (Directing)
1970
Underground New York
as Self
1968
Cinéma et Réalité
as Self
1967
Blow-Up
Screenplay (Writing)
1966
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
as Self
1965
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks (Crew)
1965
The Three Faces
Director (Directing)
1965
Il provino
Director (Directing)
1965
Red Desert
Director (Directing)
1964
L'Eclisse
Director (Directing)
1962
La Notte
Story (Writing)
1961
L'Avventura
Screenplay (Writing)
1960
Sign of the Gladiator
Second Unit Director (Directing)
1959
Tempest
Assistant Director (Directing)
1958
Il Grido
Director (Directing)
1957
