Giuseppe Tornatore\u00a0(born 27 May 1956) is an Italian\u00a0film director\u00a0and\u00a0screenwriter. Born in\u00a0Bagheria\u00a0near\u00a0Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by\u00a0Luigi Pirandello\u00a0and\u00a0Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with\u00a0Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia\u00a0(The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for\u00a0RAI\u00a0before releasing his first full-length film,\u00a0Il Camorrista, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audience and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the\u00a0Silver Ribbon\u00a0for\u00a0best new director. Tornatore’s best known screen work was released in 1988:\u00a0Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a film narrating the life of a successful film director who has returned to his native town in\u00a0Sicily\u00a0for the funeral of his mentor. This obtained worldwide success and won an\u00a0Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.\u00a0Subsequently Tornatore released several other films. In 2007 he won the Silver George for Best Director at the\u00a029th Moscow International Film Festival\u00a0for\u00a0The Unknown Woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Giuseppe Tornatore\u00a0(born 27 May 1956) is an Italian\u00a0film director\u00a0and\u00a0screenwriter. Born in\u00a0Bagheria\u00a0near\u00a0Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by\u00a0Luigi Pirandello\u00a0and\u00a0Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with\u00a0Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia\u00a0(The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-26272","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n