Directing · b. 1938 · Bologna, Italy

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 i...

Directed
The Warmth of Dance 2026 The American Backyard 2025 Nato il sei ottobre 2024 Un Natale a casa Croce 2024 La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario 2023 Dante 2022 Lei mi parla ancora 2021 Mr. Devil 2019 Il fulgore di Dony 2018 Laura's Wedding 2015 Sun in My Eyes 2015 A Golden Boy 2014 The Bad Child 2013 The Big Heart of Girls 2011 Il figlio più piccolo 2010 A Second Childhood 2010 The Friends At The Margherita Café 2009 Giovanna's Father 2008 The Hideout 2007 A Dinner for Them to Meet 2007 The Second Wedding Night 2005 Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? 2005 Christmas Rematch 2004 Incantato 2003 Knights Of The Quest 2001 Midsummer Night Dance 1999 The Best Man 1997 Arcane Sorcerer 1996 Festival 1996 The Childhood Friend 1994 Declarations of Love 1994 Magnificat 1993 Brothers and Sisters 1992 Bix 1991 The Story of Boys and Girls 1989 Sposi 1988 The Last Minute 1987 Christmas Present 1986 Impiegati 1985 Graduation Party 1985 The Three of Us 1984 Revenge of the Dead 1983 A School Trip 1983 Dancing Paradise 1982 Help Me Dream 1981 Cinema!!! 1979 The Stars in the Ditch 1979 All The Souls... Except the Dead 1977 The House with Laughing Windows 1976 House of Pleasure for Women 1976 The Baron's Mazurka 1975 Thomas 1970 Blood Relations 1970
Acting
L'incanto Self 2025 La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione 2025 Painted Screams Sé stesso 2025 Alberto Sordi Secret 2024 Biasanòt 2023 La voglia matta di vivere Self 2022 La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema Self 2022 Souvenir d'Italie 2022 Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta 2021 Vorrei sparire senza morire Sé stesso 2021 Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me Self 2020 Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs Himself 2020 Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani 2020 Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties Self 2019 Bava Puzzle Himself 2018 The Day of the Two Holy Popes 2015 Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione Self 2014 C'era una volta il prossimamente Self 2014 27 aprile Racconto di un evento Self 2014 Welcome Mr. President! Potere Forte 2013 Noi c'eravamo Self 2011 Flaiano: il meglio è passato 2010 Portrait Of My Father Self 2010 Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad Self 2009 Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema Self 2004
Other Credits
Se sei così, ti dico sì Producer 2011 The Mayor Producer 1997 The Room Next Door Writer 1994 Where the Night Begins Writer 1991 Macabre Writer 1980 The Mistress is Served Screenplay 1976 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom Writer 1976 Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza Screenplay 1975 The Kiss Writer 1974 Satanik First Assistant Director 1968
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