Michelangelo Antonioni

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1912-09-29

Deathday 2007-07-30 (94 years old)

Place of Birth Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Also Known As 미켈란젤로 안토니오니, 米开朗基罗·安东尼奥尼, Микельанджело Антониони

Michelangelo Antonioni

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

2004
Eros

as Director

2004
1997
Sicily

as Director

1995
Beyond the Clouds

as Director

1992
Kumbha Mela

as Director

1990
Un pò di Giappone

as Director

1989
Roma

as Director

1984
Fotoromanza

as Director

1981
1975
The Passenger

as Director

1972
Chung Kuo: China

as Director

1972
Chung Kuo-Cina

as Director

1970
Zabriskie Point

as Director

1966
Blow-Up

as Director

1965
The Three Faces

as Director

1965
Il provino

as Director

1964
Red Desert

as Director

1962
L'Eclisse

as Director

1961
La Notte

as Director

1960
L'Avventura

as Director

1959
Sign of the Gladiator

as Second Unit Director

1957
Il Grido

as Director

1956
News for Everyone

as Director

1956
1955
Le Amiche

as Director

1953
Love in the City

as Director

1953
The Vanquished

as Director

1950
1950
1949
Lies of Love

as Director

1948
N.U.

as Director

1948
Superstition

as Director

1948
1947

Writer

Technically Sweet

as Screenplay

2008
Sweet Ruin

as Screenplay

2004
Eros

as Writer

1995
1995
Beyond the Clouds

as Screenplay

1989
Roma

as Writer

1982
1975
The Passenger

as Screenplay

1972
1970
Zabriskie Point

as Screenplay

1970
1966
Blow-Up

as Screenplay

1966
Blow-Up

as Story

1965
Il provino

as Writer

1964
Red Desert

as Screenplay

1964
Red Desert

as Story

1962
L'Eclisse

as Story

1962
L'Eclisse

as Screenplay

1961
La Notte

as Screenplay

1961
La Notte

as Story

1960
L'Avventura

as Screenplay

1960
L'Avventura

as Story

1957
Il Grido

as Story

1957
Il Grido

as Screenplay

1955
Le Amiche

as Screenplay

1953
1953
The Vanquished

as Screenplay

1953
1953
1952
1950
1950
1949
Lies of Love

as Writer

1948
N.U.

as Writer

1948
1948
Superstition

as Writer

1947
Tragic Hunt

as Screenplay

1942
A Pilot Returns

as Screenplay

Editor

1995
1992
Kumbha Mela

as Editor

1975
The Passenger

as Editor

1970
Zabriskie Point

as Editor

1950
1949
Lies of Love

as Editor

1948
N.U.

as Editor

1948
1948
Superstition

as Editor

Crew

2008
Palermo Shooting

as In Memory Of

1965
Tokyo Olympiad

as Thanks

Sound

1949
Lies of Love

as Sound

Camera

1992
Kumbha Mela

as Director of Photography

Producer

1997
Sicily

as Producer

Creator

2008