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 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.
Known For
Domenica In
Welcome Mr. President!
Portrait Of My Father
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
La voglia matta di vivere
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
All Movies (25)
- Painted Screams2025 · as Sé stesso
- La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione2025
- L'incanto2025 · as Self
- Alberto Sordi Secret2024
- Biasanòt2023
- Souvenir d'Italie2022
- La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema2022 · as Self
- La voglia matta di vivere2022 · as Self
- Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta2021
- Vorrei sparire senza morire2021 · as Sé stesso
- Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me2020 · as Self
- Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani2020
- Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs2020 · as Himself
- Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta2019 · as Self
- Bava Puzzle2018 · as Himself
- The Day of the Two Holy Popes2015
- 27 aprile Racconto di un evento2014 · as Self
- Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione2014 · as Self
- C'era una volta il prossimamente2014 · as Self
- Welcome Mr. President!2013 · as Potere Forte
- Noi c'eravamo2011 · as Self
- Portrait Of My Father2010 · as Self
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato2010
- Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad2009 · as Self
- Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema2004 · as Self
All TV Shows (2)
- Quelli che il cinema2025 · as Self
- Domenica In1976 · as Self