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Pupi Avati

Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter · Italy · On the map · Directors · Born 1938 · age 88

Giuseppe "Pupi" Avati is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his giallo movie The House with Laughing Windows (1976) and Zeder (1983).

Pupi Avati is read about 357 times a day, in 25 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 4 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 109 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2026The Warmth Of DanceFilm, Director, Writer2025Quelli che il cinemaSeries2023La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinarioFilm, Director, Writer2019Mr. DevilFilm, Director, Writer2013Un matrimonioSeries, Director, WriterWelcome Mr. President!Film, 2013Potere Forte2010A Second ChildhoodFilm, Director, Writer2007A Dinner for Them to MeetFilm, Director, Writer2004Christmas RematchFilm, Director, Writer2001Knights of the QuestFilm, Director, Writer1996Arcane SorcererFilm, Director, Writer1995Night VoicesSeries, Writer, Creator1989The Story of Boys and GirlsFilm, Director, Writer1987The Last MinuteFilm, Director, Writer1985Graduation PartyFilm, Director, Writer1982Che fai... ridi?Series, Director1978Jazz bandSeries, Director1977All The Souls... Except the DeadFilm, Director, Writer1976Domenica InSeries1975Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in BrianzaFilm, Writer1938Born3 November 1938

People around Pupi

Known for

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  • Christmas Present 1986
  • The House with Laughing Windows 1976
  • Christmas Rematch 2004
  • Arcane Sorcerer 1996
  • Giovanna's Father 2008

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

198 credits on file

Television 6

Media & music

Photos 1

In their own words 3

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Pupi Avati
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3 statements, newest first

  1. Dante's relationship with women is very complex, because the range of real women in Dante's life and in Dante Alighieri's imagined life is very different.

    Il rapporto di Dante con le donne è molto complesso, perché il ventaglio delle donne reali nella vita di Dante e nella vita immaginata di, Own words

  2. (Referring to the scoutism) I believe I have had, in that world, experiences that neither family nor school can offer you. Like the "campfires" before going to sleep.

    Credo di aver fatto, in quel mondo, esperienze che né la famiglia né la scuola ti possono offrire. Come i «fuochi di bivacco» prima di, Own words

  3. In my life, right after my parents I put scoutism They taught me two things above all. The first is that we need to give meaning to each of our days.

    Nella mia vita, subito dopo i miei genitori metto gli scout. Mi hanno insegnato soprattutto due cose. La prima è che bisogna dare un senso, Own words

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Awards

Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Cinearti La chioma di Berenice Prize
Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art
Ciak d'oro - Best screenplay
David di Donatello for Best Script
David di Donatello for Best Director
David di Donatello Luchino Visconti
Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best film
Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject
Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay
Nastro d'Argento for Best Producer
Nastro d'Argento Special
Premio Chiara

About this person

Country
Italy
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1938 · age 88

In the same film or series as Pupi

Lucio DallaAlso in The Baron's Mazurka (1975)Laura MoranteAlso in Il figlio più piccolo (2010)Margaret MazzantiniAlso in Festival (1996)