Pupi Avati
Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Editor
November 3, 1938 (87 years)
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.
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
| 2026 | Nel tepore del ballo · as Screenplay |
| 2024 | The American Backyard · as Screenplay |
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| 2014 | A Golden Boy · as Screenplay |
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| 2013 | The Bad Child · as Screenplay |
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| 2007 | The Hideout · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | A Dinner for Them to Meet · as Screenplay |
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| 2003 | Incantato · as Screenplay |
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| 1995 | Voci notturne · as Screenplay |
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| 1993 | Magnificat · as Screenplay |
| 1992 | Fratelli e sorelle · as Screenplay |
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| 1989 | The Story of Boys & Girls · as Screenplay |
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| 1986 | Christmas Present · as Screenplay |
| 1985 | Festa di laurea · as Screenplay |
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| 1983 | Revenge of the Dead · as Screenplay |
| 1981 | Help Me Dream · as Screenplay |
| 1980 | MacabreOn Plex |
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| 1976 | The House with Laughing Windows · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | Madame Is Served · as Screenplay |
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| 1975 | Dracula in the Provinces · as Screenplay |
| 1975 | La mazurka del barone, della santa e del fico fiorone · as Screenplay |
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| 2021 | Lei mi parla ancora · as Executive Producer |
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| 2013 | Welcome Mr. President · as Potere Forte |
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| 2025 | Quelli che il cinema · as Self |
| 2024 | Alberto Sordi Secret · as Self |
| 2022 | La voglia matta di vivere · as Self |
| 2022 | I miei sogni in pellicola · as Self |
| 2020 | Paolo Conte, via con me · as Self |
| 2020 | Nessun nome nei titoli di coda · as Self |
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| 2019 | Piero Vivarelli, Life as a B-Movie · as Self |
| 2003 | Che tempo che fa · as Self - Guest |
| 1976 | Domenica In · as Self |
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| 2022 | Dante · as Story |
| 2019 | Il signor Diavolo · as Story |
| 2015 | Laura's Wedding · as Story |
| 2015 | Sun in My Eyes · as Story |
| 2011 | The Big Heart of Girls · as Story |
| 1988 | Bride and Groom · as Story |
| 1985 | Impiegati · as Story |
| 1984 | Noi tre · as Story |
| 1979 | Cinema!!! · as Written By |
| 1979 | Le strelle nel fosso · as Story |
| 1978 | Jazz band · as Teleplay |
| 1970 | Thomas and the Bewitched · as Story |
| 1970 | Balsamus l'uomo di Satana · as Story |
| 1968 | Satanik · as First Assistant Director |