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.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (48)
Painted Screams
as Sé stesso
2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
L'incanto
as Self
2025
The American Backyard
Director (Directing)
2025
Un Natale a casa Croce
Director (Directing)
2024
Nato il sei ottobre
Director (Directing)
2024
Alberto Sordi Secret
2024
Biasanòt
2023
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
Director (Directing)
2023
Souvenir d'Italie
2022
Dante
Director (Directing)
2022
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
as Self
2022
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self
2022
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021
Vorrei sparire senza morire
as Sé stesso
2021
Lei mi parla ancora
Executive Producer (Production)
2021
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
as Self
2020
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
2020
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
as Himself
2020
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
as Self
2019
Mr. Devil
Story (Writing)
2019
Bava Puzzle
as Himself
2018
Il fulgore di Dony
Writer (Writing)
2018
Laura's Wedding
Director (Directing)
2015
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015
Sun in My Eyes
Story (Writing)
2015
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Self
2014
A Golden Boy
Director (Directing)
2014
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self
2014
C'era una volta il prossimamente
as Self
2014
A Wedding
Director (Directing)
2013
The Bad Child
Director (Directing)
2013
Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte
2013
The Big Heart of Girls
Director (Directing)
2011
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
2011
Se sei così, ti dico sì
Producer (Production)
2011
Portrait Of My Father
as Self
2010
A Second Childhood
Director (Directing)
2010
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
Il figlio più piccolo
Director (Directing)
2010
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self
2009
The Friends At The Margherita Café
Director (Directing)
2009
Giovanna's Father
Director (Directing)
2008
The Hideout
Director (Directing)
2007
A Dinner for Them to Meet
Director (Directing)
2007
The Second Wedding Night
Director (Directing)
2005
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
Director (Directing)
2005
Christmas Rematch
Director (Directing)
2004
