Pupi Avati
Born
November 3, 1938 (86 years old)
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Bologna, Italy
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

Biasanòt
2023

La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
Self
2022

La voglia matta di vivere
Self
2022
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2021

Vorrei sparire senza morire
Sé stesso
2021

Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
Self
2020
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
2020

Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
Himself
2020

Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
Sé stesso
2019

Bava Puzzle
Himself
2018

The Day of the Two Holy Popes
2015

27 aprile Racconto di un evento
Self
2014

Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Self
2014

C'era una volta il prossimamente
Self
2014

Welcome Mr. President!
Potere Forte
2013
Noi c'eravamo
Self
2011

Portrait Of My Father
Self
2010
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
2010

Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
Self
2009

Domenica In
Self · (1 episode)
1976