

Pupi Avati
Acting
November 3, 1938
Bologna, Italy
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.
The Filmography


Dante

Lei mi parla ancora

Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me

Mr. Devil

Laura's Wedding

The Big Heart of Girls

Portrait Of My Father

A Second Childhood

Il figlio più piccolo

The Friends At The Margherita Café

Giovanna's Father

The Hideout

A Dinner for Them to Meet

The Second Wedding Night

Christmas Rematch

Incantato

Knights of the Quest

The Best Man
