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Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007)


Michelangelo Antonioni was born in 1912 into a middle-class family and grew up in bourgeois surroundings of the Italian province. In Bologna he studied economics and commerce while he painted and also wrote criticism for a local newspaper. In 1939 he went to Rome and worked for the journal "Cinema" studying directorship at the School of Cinema. As ... See full bio »

Died:

(age 94) in Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 45 wins & 17 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Blowup
Blowup Writer
(1966)
L'Avventura
L'Avventura Writer
(1960)
Professione: reporter
(1975)
Le amiche
Le amiche Writer
(1955)

Filmography

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  Two Telegrams (screenplay) (announced)
  Welcome to the Basement (TV Series) (screenplay - 1 episode, 2017) (story - 1 episode, 2017)
- Zabriskie Point (2017) ... (screenplay) / (story)
 2004 Eros (book "Quel Bowling sul Tevere" - segment "The Dangerous Thread of Things") / (screenplay - segment "The Dangerous Thread of Things")
 2004 Lo sguardo di Michelangelo (Documentary short) (story)
 1995 Al di là delle nuvole (book "That Bowling Alley on the Tiber River") / (screenplay)
 1983 Ritorno a Lisca Bianca (TV Short documentary)
 1982 Identificazione di una donna (screenplay) / (story)
 1980 Il mistero di Oberwald (adaptation)
 1975 Professione: reporter (screenplay)
 1972 Chung Kuo - Cina (Documentary) (concept - uncredited)
 1970 Zabriskie Point (screenplay) / (story)
 1966 Blowup (screenplay) / (story)
 1962 L'eclisse (scenario and dialogue)
 1961 La notte (screenplay) / (story)
 1960 L'Avventura (screenplay) / (story)
 1957 Il grido (idea) / (screenplay)
 1955 Le amiche (screenplay)
 1953 L'amore in città (Documentary) (segment "Tentato suicidio", uncredited)
 1953 I vinti (screenplay) / (story)
 1953 La signora senza camelie (screenplay) / (story)
 1952 Lo sceicco bianco (story - as M. Antonioni)
 1950 Cronaca di un amore (screenplay) / (story)
 1950 La funivia del Faloria (Documentary short)
 1950 La villa dei mostri (Documentary short) (uncredited)
 1949 L'amorosa menzogna (Documentary short) (writer - uncredited)
 1948 Sette canne, un vestito (Documentary short) (writer - uncredited)
 1947 Gente del Po (Documentary short) (uncredited)
 1942 I due Foscari (screenplay)
 1942 Un pilota ritorna (screenplay)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Directed the Renault 9 "Macadam Star" TV commercial (Italy/France, 30/45/57/60 seconds, color). Agency: Publicis Conseil (Paris). Creatives: Dorothea Flandrin & Bruno de Cugnac. Production company: C.E.P. (Rome). Cinematographer: Alfio Contini. Music: "Pas de six" from "Guillaume Tell", composed by Gioachino Rossini and ... See more »

Publicity Listings:

32 Print Biographies | 15 Articles | 1 Pictorial | See more »

Official Sites:


Alternate Names:

M. Antonioni | Michelangiolo Antonioni

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

What happens to the characters in my films is not important. I could have them do one thing, or another thing. People think that the events in a film are what the film is about. Not true. A film is about the characters, about changes going on inside them. The experiences they have during the course of the film are simply things that 'happen to happen' to characters who do not begin and end when ... See more »

Trivia:

Film historian Virginia Wright Wexman once described Antonioni's perspective on the world as that of a "post-religious Marxist and existentialist intellectual.". See more »

Trademark:

Characters who suffer from ennui See more »

Star Sign:

Libra

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