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Pupi Avati
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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 hom…
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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.
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Painted Screams
as Sé stesso
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
L'incanto
as Self
Alberto Sordi Secret
Stolen Moments
as Self
Biasanòt
Souvenir d'Italie
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
as Self
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self
No Poster
Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
Vorrei sparire senza morire
as Sé stesso
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
as Self
No Poster
Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
as Himself
Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta
as Self
Bava Puzzle
as Himself
The Day of the Two Holy Popes
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
as Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente
as Self
Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte
Noi c'eravamo
as Self
Portrait Of My Father
as Self
No Poster
Flaiano: il meglio è passato
Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad
as Self
Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema
as Self
Venticinque anni di culto
as Self - Director