Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007)

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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 »

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(age 94) in Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 49 wins & 28 nominations. See more awards »

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Known For

Blow-Up
Blow-Up Writer
(1966)
L'Avventura
L'Avventura Writer
(1960)
The Passenger
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(1975)
Red Desert
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(1964)
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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 Michelangelo Eye to Eye (Documentary short) (story)
 1995 Beyond the Clouds (book "That Bowling Alley on the Tiber River") / (screenplay)
 1995 To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (Documentary) (texts)
 1983 Return to Lisca Bianca Island (TV Short documentary)
 1982 Identification of a Woman (screenplay) / (story)
 1980 The Mystery of Oberwald (adaptation)
 1975 The Passenger (screenplay)
 1972 Chung Kuo - Cina (Documentary) (concept - uncredited)
 1970 Zabriskie Point (screenplay) / (story)
 1966 Blow-Up (screenplay) / (story)
 1964 Red Desert
 1962 Il fiore e la violenza (screenplay - segment "Il delitto") / (story - segment "Il delitto")
 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 Love in the City (segment "Tentato suicidio", uncredited)
 1953 The Vanquished (screenplay) / (story)
 1953 The Lady Without Camelias (screenplay) / (story)
 1952 The White Sheik (story - as M. Antonioni)
 1950 Story of a Love Affair (screenplay) / (story)
 1950 La villa dei mostri (Documentary short) (uncredited)
 1950 The Funicular of Mount Faloria (Documentary short)
 1949 Lies of Love (Documentary short) (writer - uncredited)
 1948 Seven Reeds, One Suit (Documentary short) (writer - uncredited)
 1947 People of the Po Valley (Documentary short) (uncredited)
 1947 Tragic Hunt
 1942 I due Foscari (screenplay)
 1942 A Pilot Returns (screenplay)
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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 »

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

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Alternate Names:

M. Antonioni | Michelangiolo Antonioni

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

A new man is being born, fraught with all the fears and terrors and stammerings that are associated with a period of gestation. See more »

Trivia:

One of seven Italians to have been nominated for the Best Director Oscar. The others are Pietro Germi, Federico Fellini, Gillo Pontecorvo, Bernardo Bertolucci, Lina Wertmüller and Roberto Benigni. See more »

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Frequently deals with incommunicability See more »

Star Sign:

Libra
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