FILM DIRECTOR

Giuseppe Tornatore

1956 - Today

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Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema. In a career spanning over 30 years he is best known for directing and writing drama films such as Everybody's Fine, The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer. His most noted film is Cinema Paradiso, for which Tornatore won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Tornatore is the 126th most popular film director (up from 133rd in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from Italy (down from 963rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Italian Film Director.

Giuseppe Tornatore is most famous for his 1988 film Cinema Paradiso. The film tells the story of a young boy who falls in love with the local movie theater and the projectionist who runs it.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 126 out of 2,041. Before him are Sam Peckinpah, Kenji Mizoguchi, Peter Jackson, Victor Fleming, Claude Lelouch, and René Clément. After him are Max Reinhardt, James Gunn, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, David Fincher, Jesús Franco, and Michael Cimino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 28. Before him are Martina Navratilova, Tsai Ing-wen, Chris Isaak, Andy García, Linda Hamilton, and Judith Butler. After him are Geena Davis, Ingemar Stenmark, Min Aung Hlaing, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Khaled Mashal, and William Fichtner.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 987 out of 5,161. Before him are Maurice Garin (1871), Antipope Paschal III (1110), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), Roger de Flor (1267), Ludovico Carracci (1555), and Francesco II Sforza (1495). After him are Antonio Conte (1969), Vonones I (-100), Trota of Salerno (1001), Augustine of Canterbury (510), Sebastiano Serlio (1475), and Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Giuseppe Tornatore ranks 13. Before him are Vittorio De Sica (1901), Tinto Brass (1933), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Frank Capra (1897), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), and Dario Argento (1940). After him are Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Dino Risi (1916), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Francesco Rosi (1922), and Liliana Cavani (1933).

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