Pupi Avati
73 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Nov 3, 1938 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Bologna, Italy
- Also known as
- Giuseppe 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 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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.2 The House with Laughing Windows
1976 · Film
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★ 6.0 Mr. Devil
2019 · Film
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★ 7.3 Christmas Present
1986 · Film
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★ 6.8 Giovanna's Father
2008 · Film
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★ 6.9 Christmas Rematch
2004 · Film
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★ 5.6 The Friends at the Margherita Café
2009 · Film
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★ 6.5 Revenge of the Dead
1983 · Film
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★ 5.1 Dante
2022 · Film
Pupi Avati: movies and TV shows
Acting (11)
- 2025 Painted Screams
as Sé stesso
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2021 Vorrei sparire senza morire
as Sé stesso
- 2020
- 2015
- 2013 Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte
- 2010
Behind the camera (67)
- 2026 The Warmth Of Dance
Director, Screenplay, Idea, Story, Script, Writer
- 2025 The American Backyard
Director, Screenplay, Novel, Story
- 2024 Un Natale a casa Croce
Director, Writer
- 2024 Nato il sei ottobre
Director, Screenplay
- 2023 La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
Director, Writer
- 2022 Dante
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2021 Lei mi parla ancora
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- 2019 Mr. Devil
Story, Screenplay, Director
- 2018 Il fulgore di Dony
Writer, Director
- 2015 Laura's Wedding
Director, Story, Teleplay
- 2015 Sun in My Eyes
Story, Teleplay, Director
- 2014 A Golden Boy
Screenplay, Director
- 2013
- 2013 The Bad Child
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2011 The Big Heart of Girls
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2011 Se sei così, ti dico sì
Producer
- 2010 A Second Childhood
Director, Writer
- 2010 Il figlio più piccolo
Writer, Director
- 2009 The Friends at the Margherita Café
Writer, Director, Producer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
- 2008 Giovanna's Father
Director, Writer
- 2007 The Hideout
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 2007 A Dinner for Them to Meet
Director, Screenplay
- 2005 The Second Wedding Night
Director, Writer
- 2005 Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
Director, Writer, Idea, Script, Story, Screenplay
- 2004 Christmas Rematch
Director, Writer, Story, Idea, Screenplay
- 2003 Incantato
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 2001 Knights of the Quest
Writer, Screenplay, Director, Novel, Idea, Story
- 1999 Midsummer Night Dance
Director
- 1997 The Best Man
Director, Writer
- 1997 The Mayor
Producer
- 1996 Festival
Director, Writer, Idea, Screenplay, Story
- 1996 Arcane Sorcerer
Director, Writer
- 1995
- 1994 Declarations of Love
Director
- 1994 The Room Next Door
Writer
- 1994 The Childhood Friend
Director, Writer
- 1993 Magnificat
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1992 Brothers and Sisters
Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1991 Bix
Director, Writer
- 1991 Where the Night Begins
Writer
- 1989
- 1989 The Story of Boys and Girls
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1988 Sposi
Director, Story, Writer, Editor
- 1987 The Last Minute
Director, Writer
- 1986 Christmas Present
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1985 Graduation Party
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1985 Impiegati
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1984 The Three of Us
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1983 A School Trip
Director, Writer
- 1983 Revenge of the Dead
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1982
- 1981 Help Me Dream
Director, Screenplay, Story
- 1980 Macabre
Writer
- 1979 Cinema!!!
Writer, Director
- 1979 The Stars in the Ditch
Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1978
- 1977 All The Souls... Except the Dead
Director, Writer
- 1976 The Mistress is Served
Screenplay
- 1976 The House with Laughing Windows
Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1976 House of Pleasure for Women
Director, Writer
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975 The Baron's Mazurka
Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1974 The Kiss
Writer
- 1970 Thomas
Story, Screenplay, Director
- 1970 Blood Relations
Story, Screenplay, Director
- 1968 Satanik
First Assistant Director
Talk shows and appearances (18)
- 2025 Quelli che il cinema
20 episodes
- 2025
- 2024
- 2022
- 2022
- 2020
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2004
- 2002
- 1976 Domenica In
1 episode