Michelangelo Antonioni
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1912-09-29
Day of Death
2007-07-30 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Michelangelo Antonioni
Biography
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer. Best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" — L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962), as well as the English-language Blowup (1966), Antonioni "redefined the concept of narrative cinema" and challenged traditional approaches to storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large. He produced "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" and rejected action in favor of contemplation, focusing on image and design over character and story. His films defined a "cinema of possibilities".
Antonioni received numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1960, 1962), Palme d'Or (1966), and 35th Anniversary Prize (1982); the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion (1955), Golden Lion (1964), FIPRESCI Prize (1964, 1995), and Pietro Bianchi Award (1998); the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbon eight times; and an honorary Academy Award in 1995. He is one of three directors to have won the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion and the Golden Bear, and the only director to have won these three and the Golden Leopard.
Acting
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2017)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Close Up
as Self (archive footage)
(2009)
Wandering Heart
as Self
(2008)
Back to Room 666
as Self (archive footage)
(2008)
Antonioni su Antonioni
as Himself
(2007)
(2006)
(2004)
Michelangelo Eye to Eye
as Self
(2004)
(2002)
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
(1995)
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
as Self (uncredited)
(1995)
Dear Antonioni
as Self
(1990)
Un pò di Giappone
as Self (uncredited)
(1985)
Antonioni, la dernière séquence
as himself
(1984)
(1982)
Room 666
as Self
(1978)
Antonioni visto da Antonioni
as Self
(1968)
Underground New York
as Self
(1967)
Cinéma et Réalité
as Self
(1965)
Crew
Technically Sweet
Screenplay
(2017)
Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
Director, Editor, Writer
(2008)
Palermo Shooting
In Memory Of
(2008)
Sweet Ruin
Screenplay
(2004)
Eros
Director, Writer
(2004)
Michelangelo Eye to Eye
Director, Writer
(2004)
The Dangerous Thread of Things
Writer, Director
(1997)
Sicily
Director, Producer
(1995)
Beyond the Clouds
Director, Book, Screenplay, Editor
(1995)
(1993)
Noto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
Director, Editor
(1992)
Kumbha Mela
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(1990)
Un pò di Giappone
Director
(1989)
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
(1989)
Roma
Writer, Director
(1984)
Fotoromanza
Director
(1983)
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Editor, Director, Writer
(1982)
Identification of a Woman
Story, Screenplay, Director, Editor
(1981)
The Mystery of Oberwald
Director, Writer, Editor
(1975)
The Passenger
Screenplay, Director, Editor
(1972)
Chung Kuo: China
Director, Writer
(1970)
Zabriskie Point
Screenplay, Director, Story, Editor
(1966)
Blow-Up
Screenplay, Director, Story
(1965)
The Three Faces
Director
(1965)
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks
(1965)
Il provino
Director, Writer
(1964)
Red Desert
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1962)
L'Eclisse
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1961)
La Notte
Screenplay, Story, Director
(1960)
L'Avventura
Screenplay, Director, Story
(1959)
Sign of the Gladiator
Second Unit Director
(1957)
Il Grido
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1955)
Le Amiche
Screenplay, Director
(1953)
Love in the City
Director, Writer
(1953)
The Vanquished
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1953)
The Lady Without Camelias
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1952)
The White Sheik
Story
(1950)
Story of a Love Affair
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1950)
The Funicular of Mount Faloria
Director
(1950)
The Villa of Monsters
Director, Writer, Editor
(1949)
Lies of Love
Director, Writer, Sound, Editor
(1948)
N.U.
Director, Editor, Writer
(1948)
Superstition
Director, Writer, Editor
(1948)
Seven Reeds, One Dress
Director, Sound, Writer, Editor
(1947)
Tragic Hunt
Screenplay
(1947)
People of the Po Valley
Director, Writer
(1942)
A Pilot Returns
Screenplay