Giuseppe Tornatore
Born: 1956-05-27
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for RAI before releasing his first full-length film, Il Camorrista, in...
Known For
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
Ennio
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
C'era una volta il prossimamente
Cinema Paradiso
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
A Dream of Sicily
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
