
Michelangelo Antonioni
Known for DirectingBorn 1912-09-29Died 2007-07-30Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Close Up
2012 · Movie
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Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001 · Movie
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Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002 · Movie
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Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017 · Movie
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La Notte
1961 · Movie
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Tokyo Olympiad
1965 · Movie
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L'Eclisse
1962 · Movie
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Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018 · Movie
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L'Avventura
1960 · Movie
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Il Grido
1957 · Movie
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Chung Kuo: China
1972 · Movie
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Blow-Up
1966 · Movie
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To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995 · Movie
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The Passenger
1975 · Movie
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Red Desert
1964 · Movie
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The Funicular of Mount Faloria
1950 · Movie
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The White Sheik
1952 · Movie
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Zabriskie Point
1970 · Movie
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The Oscars
1953 · Series
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Room 666
1985 · Movie
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984 · Movie
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Palermo Shooting
2008 · Movie
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Le Amiche
1955 · Movie
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The Devil's Envoys
1942 · Movie
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Michelangelo Eye to Eye
2004 · Movie
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Chung Kuo-Cina
1972 · Series
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Story of a Love Affair
1950 · Movie
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Cinéma et Réalité
1967 · Movie
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Beyond the Clouds
1995 · Movie
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Love in the City
1953 · Movie
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Tempest
1958 · Movie
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Tragic Hunt
1947 · Movie
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Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965 · Movie
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The Vanquished
1953 · Movie
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The Lady Without Camelias
1953 · Movie
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Kumbha Mela
1992 · Movie
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People of the Po Valley
1947 · Movie
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Superstition
1948 · Movie
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N.U.
1948 · Movie
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The Villa of Monsters
1950 · Movie
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Eros
2004 · Movie
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Identification of a Woman
1982 · Movie
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Seven Reeds, One Dress
1948 · Movie
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The Mystery of Oberwald
1981 · Movie
Back to Room 666
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Back to Room 666
2008 · Movie
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Words in Progress
2004 · Movie
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12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989 · Movie
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The Three Faces
1965 · Movie