Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 29, 1912
Died
Jul 30, 2007
Place of Birth
Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Credits
74 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Self (archive footage)
Close Up
Self (archive footage)
Wandering Heart
Self
Palermo Shooting
In Memory Of
Antonioni su Antonioni
Himself
Back to Room 666
Self (archive footage)
Sweet Ruin
Screenplay
Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
Self
A Thousand and One Monica
Eros
Director
Michelangelo Eye to Eye
Self
Words in Progress
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Self (archive footage)
Heart of the Festival
Self (archive footage)
Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Sicily
Director
Beyond the Clouds
Director
To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
Self (uncredited)
Dear Antonioni
Self
Noto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
Director
Kumbha Mela
Director
Un po' di Giappone
Self (uncredited)
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
Roma
Director
Room 666
Self
Antonioni, la dernière séquence
himself
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Self
Gianna Nannini: Fotoromanza
Director
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Director
Identification of a Woman
Director
The Mystery of Oberwald
Writer
Ciné regards
Self
Antonioni visto da Antonioni
Self
The Passenger
Director
Chung Kuo: China
Director
Chung Kuo-Cina
Director
Zabriskie Point
Director
Underground New York
Self
Cinéma et Réalité
Self
Blow-Up
Screenplay
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Self
Tokyo Olympiad
Thanks
The Three Faces
Director
Il provino
Director
Red Desert
Director
L'Eclisse
Director
La Notte
Story
L'Avventura
Screenplay
Sign of the Gladiator
Second Unit Director