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Born September 29, 1912 · Ferrara, 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.

Eros
2004

Michelangelo Eye to Eye
2004

Sicily
1997

Beyond the Clouds
1995

Noto, Almond Trees, Volcano, Stromboli, Carnival
1993

Kumbha Mela
1992

Un po' di Giappone
1990

12 Directors for 12 Cities
1989

Roma
1989

Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983

Identification of a Woman
1982

The Mystery of Oberwald
1981

The Passenger
1975

Chung Kuo: China
1972

Zabriskie Point
1970

Blow-Up
1966

The Three Faces
1965

Il provino
1965

Red Desert
1964

L'Eclisse
1962

La Notte
1961

L'Avventura
1960

Il Grido
1957

Le Amiche
1955

Love in the City
1953

The Vanquished
1953

The Lady Without Camelias
1953

Story of a Love Affair
1950

The Villa of Monsters
1950

The Funicular of Mount Faloria
1950

Lies of Love
1949

Superstition
1948

Seven Reeds, One Dress
1948

N.U.
1948

People of the Po Valley
1947

Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
2018

Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017

Close Up
2012

Wandering Heart
2009
Antonioni su Antonioni
2008
Back to Room 666
2008

Autoritratto Auschwitz. L'occhio è per così dire l'evoluzione biologica di una lagrima
2007

A Thousand and One Monica
2006

Michelangelo Eye to Eye
2004

Words in Progress
2004

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002

Michelangelo Antonioni: The Eye That Changed Cinema
2001

To Make a Film Is to Be Alive
1995

Dear Antonioni
1995

Un po' di Giappone
1990

Antonioni, la dernière séquence
1985

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984

Room 666
1982

Antonioni visto da Antonioni
1978

Underground New York
1968

Cinéma et Réalité
1967

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
1965