Cast & creator
Giuseppe Tornatore
Best known for Malena, Malena, Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for RAI before releasing his first full-length film, Il Camorrista, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audience and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director. Tornatore's best known screen work was released in 1988: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a film narrating the life of a successful film director who has returned to his native town in Sicily for the funeral of his mentor. This obtained worldwide success and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Subsequently Tornatore released several other films. In 2007 he won the Silver George for Best Director at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival for The Unknown Woman.
Also known as: Peppuccio Tornatore
89
film credits
7
television credits
36
1982–2026 · acting roles
7.0
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (96)
Showing 96 of 96 credits
Malena
Director
2000Malena
Screenplay
2000
Cinema Paradiso
Projectionist (uncredited)
1988Cinema Paradiso
Director
1988Cinema Paradiso
Screenplay
1988Cinema Paradiso
Story
1988
Everybody's Fine
Original Film Writer
2009
The Legend of 1900
Screenplay
1998The Legend of 1900
Director
1998The Legend of 1900
Writer
1998
Ennio
Self
2022Ennio
Director
2022Ennio
Story
2022Ennio
Screenplay
2022
The Best Offer
Director
2013The Best Offer
Writer
2013Quelli che il cinema
Self
2025
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Director
2025Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Writer
2025Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Creator
2025
The Unknown Woman
Director
2006The Unknown Woman
Screenplay
2006
The Professor
Director
1986The Professor
Screenplay
1986The Professor
Story
1986
The King of Ads
Director
1991
Baaria
Director
2009Baaria
Writer
2009
Correspondence
Writer
2016Correspondence
Director
2016
The Star Maker
Director
1995The Star Maker
Screenplay
1995The Star Maker
Story
1995
A Pure Formality
Director
1994A Pure Formality
Story
1994A Pure Formality
Screenplay
1994A Pure Formality
Editor
1994
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Self
2022
Cinque mondi
Self
2016
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Director
2010
Everybody's Fine
Director
1990Everybody's Fine
Writer
1990
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Director
2025Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Writer
2025
Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis
Self
2026
The Magic of Fellini
Self (archive footage)
2002
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self
2006
Juso per ferie
Self
2026
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema
Self
2006
One Hundred Days in Palermo
Second Unit Director
1984One Hundred Days in Palermo
Screenplay
1984
Under a False Name
Thanks
2004
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth
Self
2004
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer
Self
2010
Steno
Sé stesso
2022
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
Self
2019
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
Self
1997
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
Self
2014
The Prince's Manuscript
Producer
2000
C'era una volta il prossimamente
Self
2014
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
Self
2019
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
2014
All Star - Ritorno al cinema
Proiezionista
2021
Especially on Sunday
Director
1991Especially on Sunday
Adaptation
1991
Ennio Morricone
Self
1995
Mafia Millionaires
Thanks
2014Paradiso
Writer
Paradiso
Director
Paradiso
Creator
Good Morning, the Wind Blows
Self
2020
Bakunin's Son
Producer
1997
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
Self
2014Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
2007
I Don't Know the Men of this City
2015
Titanus 1904
Self
2024
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra
Self
2025
Il Mago di Esselunga
Director
2011Il Mago di Esselunga
Writer
2011
Citizen Rosi
Self
2019
A Dream of Sicily
Self
2000Lo schermo a tre punte
Director
1995Lo schermo a tre punte
Screenplay
1995
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise
Self
2006The First Dollar
Director
The First Dollar
Writer
24/25 Il fotogramma in più
Self
2018Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
Self
2015
Devotion
Director
2020Il sognatore indiscreto
Director
With Her Eyes
Writer
Diario di Guttuso
Director
1982