Pupi Avati

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The House with Laughing Windows (1976) — Director
2. Mr. Devil (2019) — Director
3. Christmas Present (1986) — Director
4. Giovanna's Father (2008) — Director
5. Christmas Rematch (2004) — Director
6. The Friends at the Margherita Café (2009) — Director
7. Revenge of the Dead (1983) — Director
8. Dante (2022) — Director
9. Il figlio più piccolo (2010) — Director
10. The Big Heart of Girls (2011) — Director
11. Lei mi parla ancora (2021) — Director
12. A Dinner for Them to Meet (2007) — Director
13. The Hideout (2007) — Director
14. Incantato (2003) — Director
15. The Second Wedding Night (2005) — Director
16. The American Backyard (2025) — Director
17. Arcane Sorcerer (1996) — Director
18. A Golden Boy (2014) — Director
19. La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario (2023) — Director
20. All The Souls... Except the Dead (1977) — Director
21. Knights of the Quest (2001) — Director
22. Graduation Party (1985) — Director
23. Ma quando arrivano le ragazze? (2005) — Director
24. The Baron's Mazurka (1975) — Director
25. The Last Minute (1987) — Director
26. A School Trip (1983) — Director
27. A Second Childhood (2010) — Director
28. Festival (1996) — Director
29. Impiegati (1985) — Director
30. The Best Man (1997) — Director
31. Il fulgore di Dony (2018) — Director
32. Bix (1991) — Director
33. Magnificat (1993) — Director
34. The Story of Boys and Girls (1989) — Director
35. House of Pleasure for Women (1976) — Director
36. Sposi (1988) — Director
37. The Stars in the Ditch (1979) — Director
38. The Three of Us (1984) — Director
39. The Bad Child (2013) — Director
40. Laura's Wedding (2015) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Welcome Mr. President! (2013) — Potere Forte
2. Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me (2020) — Self
3. Portrait Of My Father (2010) — Self
4. Boia, maschere e segreti: l’horror italiano degli anni sessanta (2019) — Self
5. La voglia matta di vivere (2022) — Self
6. La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione (2025)
7. Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta (2021)
8. Noi c'eravamo (2011) — Self
9. Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad (2009) — Self
10. Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014) — Self
11. Biasanòt (2023)
12. Flaiano: il meglio è passato (2010)
13. C'era una volta il prossimamente (2014) — Self
14. The Day of the Two Holy Popes (2015)
15. Bava Puzzle (2018) — Himself
16. Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs (2020) — Himself
17. 27 aprile Racconto di un evento (2014) — Self
18. Lili Marlene - La guerra degli italiani (2020)
19. Vorrei sparire senza morire (2021) — Sé stesso
20. La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema (2022) — Self
21. Alberto Sordi Secret (2024)
22. L'incanto (2025) — Self
23. Painted Screams (2025) — Sé stesso
24. Souvenir d'Italie (2022)
25. Pupi Avati: Questa sera vi porto al cinema (2004) — Self
26. Venticinque anni di culto (2002) — Self - Director
27. Domenica In (1976) — Self
28. Quelli che il cinema (2025) — Self