Pupi Avati

Pupi Avati

Born: November 3, 1938
in Bologna, Italy
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.

Movies for Pupi Avati...

Biasanòt
Title: Biasanòt
Released: July 12, 2023
Type: Movie
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La voglia matta di vivere
Title: La voglia matta di vivere
Character: Self
Released: March 17, 2022
Type: Movie
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Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
Title: Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
Released: October 15, 2021
Type: Movie
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Vorrei sparire senza morire
Title: Vorrei sparire senza morire
Character: Sé stesso
Released: September 7, 2021
Type: Movie
About love and death: starting from the small cemetery in San Leo, where many of his loved ones are buried, Pupi Avati opens his heart. It's a heady mix of a little cinema, a little music, and a lot of living; a journey across time; and a backward glance at a master Italian filmmaker's closest ties, his ghosts and memories snatches of an autobiography interwoven with our collective memory.
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Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Title: Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Released: September 28, 2020
Type: Movie
Documentary follows the life and work of Italian singer and composer Paolo Conte.
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Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
Title: Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
Released: June 1, 2020
Type: Movie
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Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
Title: Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
Character: Himself
Released: March 30, 2020
Type: Movie
Feature length documentary including interviews with Sergio Martino, Alberto de Martino, Ovidio G. Assonitis and more.
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Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Title: Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Character: Sé stesso
Released: September 5, 2019
Type: Movie
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Bava Puzzle
Title: Bava Puzzle
Character: Himself
Released: October 4, 2018
Type: Movie
Through the anecdotes and stories of actors, directors, critics and experts, this documentary traces the career of Lamberto Bava, from his first steps in cinema with his father Mario to his 1980 debut with "Macabro" to his collaborations with Dario Argento to the big TV series successes of "Fantaghirò," "Desideria" and "Sorellina."
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The Day of the Two Holy Popes
Title: The Day of the Two Holy Popes
Released: April 1, 2015
Type: Movie
"History is not just what you read in books, history often reveals itself with its extraordinary scope, already in the present. This is the case when on April 27 2014, the canonization of the greatest Popes of the 20th century was celebrated". With these words, the unmistakable voice of Giancarlo Giannini introduces us to an intimate and emotional story of what was, in all respects, a historical event: the Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. Monsignor Dario Edoardo Viganò, director of the Vatican Television Center, holds the reins of the narrative which, among historical and exclusive images, leads to a closer understanding of the two Holy Popes and Pope Francis, and to discover places in the Vatican never seen before. Alongside him are the authoritative opinions of Pupi Avati, Aldo Grasso and Gianni Canova and a moving and emotional Dario Fo. A Vatican Television Center and Sky 3D production.
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27 aprile Racconto di un evento
Title: 27 aprile Racconto di un evento
Character: Self
Released: October 16, 2014
Type: Movie
The documentary starts from the sanctification of Pope Giovanni XXIII and Pope Giovanni Paolo II and tells the scenes on the figures of the two saints and popes of Pope Francesco I, with a stock image of three Popes enriched with new images of Pope Francesco I at the time of his election before it is presented to the whole world. A journey through exclusive places and partly unpublished Vatican.
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Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Title: Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Character: Self
Released: September 2, 2014
Type: Movie
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C'era una volta il prossimamente
Title: C'era una volta il prossimamente
Character: Self
Released: April 22, 2014
Type: Movie
A passionate cavalcade through decades of "coming attractions"
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Welcome Mr. President!
Title: Welcome Mr. President!
Character: Potere Forte
Released: March 21, 2013
Type: Movie
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library where he works as a precarious employee. He is an optimistic person even if his child accuse him of being a wannabe. One day, due to a mess of politicians, an amazing thing happens: Peppino is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic. Pulled out from his quiet life, is to play a role for which he knows he is obviously inappropriate, but his common sense and his instinctive gestures are incredibly effective, except for the etiquette, for which he is in trouble. The inflexible and fascinating Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Janis Clementi, is anxious to no avail in an attempt to regulate the unpredictable actions of the President...
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Noi c'eravamo
Title: Noi c'eravamo
Character: Self
Released: October 26, 2011
Type: Movie
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Portrait Of My Father
Title: Portrait Of My Father
Character: Self
Released: October 27, 2010
Type: Movie
A labor of love documentary, in which a daughter, with the help of various talking heads, looks back on the life work of her father.
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Flaiano: il meglio è passato
Title: Flaiano: il meglio è passato
Released: April 1, 2010
Type: Movie
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Title: Domenica In
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 1976
Type: TV