Actor

Pupi Avati

Directing

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Movies: 83Series: 4Crew 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

Other jobs

Director (40)Writer (11)Screenplay (7)Story (4)Producer (2)Executive Producer (1)First Assistant Director (1)

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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.