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Michelangelo Antonioni

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.


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Born:
Sep 29, 1912 In Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Movie/TV Credits:
18
First Appeared:
In the movie I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Latest Project:
Movie Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit 2018-04-02
Known For
Poster of Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Poster of Antonioni su Antonioni
Poster of Michelangelo Eye to Eye
Poster of Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
Filmography
Movie I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni Self (archive footage) 2025
Movie Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2018-04-02
Movie Close Up Self (archive footage) 2012-09-30
Movie Wandering Heart Self 2009-07-24
Movie Back to Room 666 Self (archive footage) 2008-02-02
Movie Antonioni su Antonioni Himself 2008-08-31
Movie Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima Self 2007-09-04
Movie Michelangelo Eye to Eye Self 2004-05-25
Movie Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up Self (archive footage) 2002-08-10
Movie Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema Self (archive footage) 2001-01-01
Movie Dear Antonioni Self 1995-01-01
Movie Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer Self 1984-09-08
Movie Room 666 Self 1982-06-01
Movie Antonioni visto da Antonioni Self 1978-01-01
Movie Underground New York Himself 1968-01-01
Movie Cinéma et Réalité Self 1967-01-01
Movie Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials Self 1965-09-12
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19