FILM DIRECTOR

Michelangelo Antonioni

1912 - 2007

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Michelangelo Antonioni ( AN-toh-nee-OH-nee or an-TOH-; Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo antoˈnjoːni]; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and L'Eclisse (1962); the English-language film Blowup (1966); and the multilingual The Passenger (1975). His films have been described as "enigmatic and intricate mood pieces" that feature elusive plots, striking visual composition, and a preoccupation with modern landscapes. His work substantially influenced subsequent world art cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michelangelo Antonioni is the 31st most popular film director (down from 27th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Italy (down from 301st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Italian Film Director.

Michelangelo Antonioni is most famous for being a film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his Italian neorealist films of the 1950s and 1960s, including La Notte (1961), L'Eclisse (1962), Red Desert (1964), Blowup (1966), The Passenger (1975), and The Mystery of Oberwald (1979).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 31 out of 2,041. Before him are Cecil B. DeMille, Miloš Forman, George Lucas, Jean-Luc Godard, Konstantin Stanislavski, and Georges Méliès. After him are Wim Wenders, Fritz Lang, Michael Mann, Billy Wilder, Vittorio De Sica, and Quentin Tarantino.

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Among people born in 1912, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 10. Before him are Eva Braun, Erich Honecker, Otto von Habsburg, Jackson Pollock, Wernher von Braun, and Milton Friedman. After him are Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, John Cage, Raoul Wallenberg, Clara Petacci, Alfredo Stroessner, and Khalid of Saudi Arabia. Among people deceased in 2007, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 5. Before him are Boris Yeltsin, Luciano Pavarotti, Ingmar Bergman, and Kurt Vonnegut. After him are Mohammed Zahir Shah, Kurt Waldheim, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Ève Curie, Jean Baudrillard, Mstislav Rostropovich, and Carlo Ponti.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 366 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Victor III (1027), Pope Stephen I (200), Matteo Ricci (1552), Pietro Parolin (1955), Pope Symmachus (460), and Dino Zoff (1942). After him are Grazia Deledda (1871), Riccardo Muti (1941), Gianni Versace (1946), Dario Fo (1926), Giambattista Vico (1668), and Tommaso Campanella (1568).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Michelangelo Antonioni ranks 6. Before him are Federico Fellini (1920), Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922), Bernardo Bertolucci (1941), Luchino Visconti (1906), and Sergio Leone (1929). After him are Vittorio De Sica (1901), Tinto Brass (1933), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Frank Capra (1897), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), and Dario Argento (1940).

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