Directed credits
41
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Pupi Avati
Directing
Career Snapshot
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0.7
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Directed movies: 40Directed series: 1All crew credits: 66
TMDB ID: 72191
IMDb ID: nm0002194
Known for: Directing
Born: November 3, 1938
Age: 87
Place of birth: Bologna, Italy
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2025
Years active: 58
Average TMDB rating: 6.16
Wikidata: Q55435
Also known as
Giuseppe Avati
Frequent jobs
Director (40)First Assistant Director (1)Writer (11)Screenplay (7)Story (4)Producer (2)Executive Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Pupi Avati.
6.5
The American Backyard
Director
2025 Movie
6.0
Un Natale a casa Croce
Director
2024 Movie
5.0
Nato il sei ottobre
Director
2024 Movie
5.5
La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario
Director
2023 Movie
5.1
Dante
Director
2022 Movie
4.5
Laura's Wedding
Director
2015 Movie
8.0
A Wedding
Director
2013 Movie
5.6
The Bad Child
Director
2013 Movie
5.8
The Big Heart of Girls
Director
2011 Movie
6.7
A Second Childhood
Director
2010 Movie
6.9
Giovanna's Father
Director
2008 Movie
6.1
The Hideout
Director
2007 Movie
5.9
A Dinner for Them to Meet
Director
2007 Movie
6.2
The Second Wedding Night
Director
2005 Movie
5.8
Ma quando arrivano le ragazze?
Director
2005 Movie
6.8
Christmas Rematch
Director
2004 Movie
6.4
Incantato
Director
2003 Movie
6.5
Midsummer Night Dance
Director
1999 Movie
7.3
The Best Man
Director
1997 Movie
6.0
Festival
Director
1996 Movie
6.9
Arcane Sorcerer
Director
1996 Movie
6.3
Declarations of Love
Director
1994 Movie
5.3
The Childhood Friend
Director
1994 Movie
6.1
Magnificat
Director
1993 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Pupi Avati.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Pupi Avati.
7.3
Christmas Present
Director
1986 Movie
7.2
The House with Laughing Windows
Screenplay
1976 Movie
6.9
Giovanna's Father
Director
2008 Movie
6.8
Christmas Rematch
Director
2004 Movie
6.4
Revenge of the Dead
Director
1983 Movie
6.3
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Writer
1976 Movie
6.2
Welcome Mr. President!
as Potere Forte
2013 Movie
6.0
Mr. Devil
Story
2019 Movie
5.7
Macabre
Writer
1980 Movie
5.6
The Friends At The Margherita Café
Writer
2009 Movie
5.1
Dante
Director
2022 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Pupi Avati.
6.3
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Writer
1976 Movie
6.4
Revenge of the Dead
Director
1983 Movie
L'incanto
as Self
2025 Movie
Biasanòt
2023 Movie
Painted Screams
as Sé stesso
2025 Movie
7.2
The House with Laughing Windows
Screenplay
1976 Movie
7.7
Thomas
Story
1970 Movie
5.7
Macabre
Writer
1980 Movie
7.5
Help Me Dream
Director
1981 Movie
6.1
The Hideout
Director
2007 Movie
7.3
Christmas Present
Director
1986 Movie
6.9
Arcane Sorcerer
Director
1996 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Pupi Avati.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Pupi Avati.
6.2
Lei mi parla ancora
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
6.0
Mr. Devil
Story
2019 Movie
7.4
Il fulgore di Dony
Writer
2018 Movie
5.4
Sun in My Eyes
Story
2015 Movie
5.3
A Golden Boy
Screenplay
2014 Movie
4.7
Se sei così, ti dico sì
Producer
2011 Movie
5.6
Il figlio più piccolo
Writer
2010 Movie
5.6
The Friends At The Margherita Café
Writer
2009 Movie
4.7
Knights Of The Quest
Writer
2001 Movie
The Mayor
Producer
1997 Movie
1.0
The Room Next Door
Writer
1994 Movie
3.5
Brothers and Sisters
Screenplay
1992 Movie
6.2
Where the Night Begins
Writer
1991 Movie
5.7
Macabre
Writer
1980 Movie
6.5
Cinema!!!
Writer
1979 Movie
2.8
The Mistress is Served
Screenplay
1976 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Pupi Avati.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Pupi Avati.
Painted Screams
as Sé stesso
2025 Movie
7.0
La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione
2025 Movie
L'incanto
as Self
2025 Movie
Alberto Sordi Secret
2024 Movie
Biasanòt
2023 Movie
Souvenir d'Italie
2022 Movie
La Piazza che verrà, Bologna e il Cinema
as Self
2022 Movie
10.0
La voglia matta di vivere
as Self
2022 Movie
Vorrei sparire senza morire
as Sé stesso
2021 Movie
7.2
Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
as Self
2020 Movie
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
as Himself
2020 Movie
8.5
Hangmen, Masques and Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
as Self
2019 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Pupi Avati.