
Giuseppe Tornatore
Known for: Directing
Born: May 27, 1956
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. H…
Known for

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014

A Dream of Sicily
2000

A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
2006
The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
2015

24/25 Il fotogramma in più
2018
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007

Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra
2025

The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
2004

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
2026

Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
2010

Good Morning, the Wind Blows
2020

Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
2006

Tutte le storie di Piera
2014

Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
2014

C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014

Cinque mondi
2016

Ennio Morricone
1995

Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
2019

Citizen Rosi
2019

I Don't Know the Men of this City
2015

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009

Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
2019

Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
2014

All Star - Ritorno al cinema
2021

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
1997

Titanus 1904
2024

Marcello, una vita dolce
2006

The Magic of Fellini
2002

Cinema Paradiso
1988
Quelli che il cinema
2025

L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010

Ennio
2022