Michelangelo Antonioni

Born: 1912-09-29

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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Room 666

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Released: 1982-06-01

During the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, Wenders asks a number of global film directors to, one at...

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Close Up

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Released: 2012-09-30

More than 150 silent short films about singers, actors and directors captured during Press...

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Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit

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Released: 2018-04-02

An account of the life of actress Jeanne Moreau (1928-2017), a true icon of the New Wave and one...

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Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima

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Released: 2007-09-04

In the film we find some scrap of slow motion they see a Monica Vitti trying to cry, a meeting...

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Cinéma et Réalité

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Released: 1967-01-01

In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini...

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Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

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Released: 1965-09-12

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his...

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Words in Progress

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Released: 2004-04-15

Documentary featuring footage from six decades of Cannes Film Festivals.

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Michelangelo Eye to Eye

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Released: 2004-05-25

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni enters St. Peter's Church in Rome, wherein lies Italian...

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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

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Released: 1984-09-08

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the...

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Underground New York

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Released: 1968-01-01

A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a...

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I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni

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A documentary which explores the life and the career of Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the...

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To Make a Film Is to Be Alive

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Released: 1995-09-02

A behind-the-scenes look by wife Enrica Antonioni into Michelangelo Antonioni's passion for...

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Dear Antonioni

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Released: 1995-01-01

A documentary portrait of Michangelo Antonioni based on Roland Barthes' essay.

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Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

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Released: 2002-08-10

Tells the story of the photographers who cemented the image of swinging London and who, through...

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Wandering Heart

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Released: 2009-07-24

Wandering Heart intimately follows Caetano from São Paulo to New York and Japan, during the...

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Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema

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Released: 2001-01-01

A look back at the life and works of Michelangelo Antonioni.

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A Thousand and One Monica

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Released: 2006-08-16

There is no shortage of words to define the actress, screenwriter and director Monica Vitti:...

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Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

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Released: 2017-02-10

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Un pò di Giappone

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Released: 1990-01-01

In the 1980s, Michelangelo Antonioni traveled with his partner, actress and filmmaker Enrica...

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Antonioni visto da Antonioni

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Released: 1978-01-01

An interview with Antonioni about his film career, shot in 1978 by eminent film critic, film...

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The Oscars

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First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Reflets de Cannes

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First aired: 1954-03-25

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