Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for RAI before releasing his first full-length film, Il Camorrista, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audience and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director. Tornatore's best known screen work was released in 1988: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a film narrating the life of a successful film director who has returned to his native town in Sicily for the funeral of his mentor. This obtained worldwide success and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Subsequently Tornatore released several other films. In 2007 he won the Silver George for Best Director at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival for The Unknown Woman.

Giuseppe Tornatore est un scénariste et réalisateur de cinéma italien né le 27 mai 1956 à Bagheria (Sicile).

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Giuseppe Tornatore (Bagheria, 27 de maio de 1956) é um cineasta italiano. Tornatore se interessou por arte desde pequeno, tendo escrito seus primeiros roteiros com apenas 10 anos de idade. Estreou como diretor de teatro aos 16. Após trabalhar por quatro anos como fotógrafo e dirigir três curtas e um documentário para a TV italiana. Entre as suas obras mais aclamadas encontram-se "Malèna" (2000), com Monica Bellucci como protagonista, e "Cinema Paradiso" (1988), com Philippe Noiret num dos principais papéis. Ao longo de sua carreira, Tornatore firmou uma ótima parceria com o grande compositor Ennio Morricone.