Born in Bagheria, Sicily, in 1956, Giuseppe Tornatore began as a photographer and made a documentary, The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily, before his first feature The Professor (1986). Cinema Paradiso (1988), in which a successful director returns to his Sicilian home town for the funeral of the projectionist who taught him, won the Oscar for best foreign language film. The composer Ennio Morricone scored thirteen of his features, which include Everybody's Fine, The Legend of 1900, Malèna, Baarìa and The Best Offer (2013).
Filmography
- The Professor (1986)
- Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- A Pure Formality (1994)
- The Star Maker (1995)
- The Legend of 1900 (1998)
- Malèna (2000)
- The Unknown Woman (2006)
- Baarìa (2009)
- The Best Offer (2013)
- Ennio (2021)