About
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...
Known for
L'EclisseMovie • 1962
ErosMovie • 2004
L'AvventuraMovie • 1960
La NotteMovie • 1961
Blow-UpMovie • 1966
Red DesertMovie • 1964
Zabriskie PointMovie • 1970
The PassengerMovie • 1975
Beyond the CloudsMovie • 1995
The Devil's EnvoysMovie • 1942
Identification of a WomanMovie • 1982
The Mystery of OberwaldMovie • 1981
Story of a Love AffairMovie • 1950
The White SheikMovie • 1952
Le AmicheMovie • 1955
Love in the CityMovie • 1953
The Lady Without CameliasMovie • 1953
Il GridoMovie • 1957
Tokyo OlympiadMovie • 1965
Palermo ShootingMovie • 2008
N.U.Movie • 1948
The VanquishedMovie • 1953
People of the Po ValleyMovie • 1947
Chung Kuo: ChinaMovie • 1972