Pupi Avati
Biography
Pupi (Giuseppe) Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and played in the Doctor Dixie Jazz Band, of which Lucio Dalla was also a member.[3] Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati felt he lacked the necessary talent. In the mid-1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema after seeing Federico Fellini's 8½ and its portrait of the role of a director.[4] Avati's passion for music, as well as his love for his hometown, which was the setting of many of his films, were to become recurrent themes found in his productions.
Known For
0Domenica In
1976
Quelli che il cinema
2025
0Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014
Welcome Mr. President!
2013
La voglia matta di vivere
2022
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010
0Painted Screams
2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025
Portrait Of My Father
2010
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
2009
0C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014
0Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
2020
Filmography
Domenica In
as Self · 1976
Quelli che il cinema
as Self · 2025
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self · 2014
Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte · 2013
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self · 2022
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
· 2010
Painted Screams
as Sé stesso · 2025
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
· 2025
Portrait Of My Father
as Self · 2010
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self · 2009
C'era una volta il prossimamente
as Self · 2014
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
as Himself · 2020
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
as Self · 2020
Venticinque anni di culto
as Self - Director · 2002
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
· 2021
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
as Self · 2019
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Self · 2014
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
· 2020
Noi c'eravamo
as Self · 2011
L'incanto
as Self · 2025
Alberto Sordi Secret
· 2024
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
as Self · 2022
Biasanòt
· 2023
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
· 2015
Vorrei sparire senza morire
as Sé stesso · 2021
Bava Puzzle
as Himself · 2018
Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema
as Self · 2004
Souvenir d'Italie
· 2022