Years active 1953 - present Name Ermanno Olmi | Role Film director Spouse Loredana Detto (m. 1963) | |
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Born 24 July 1931 (age 92) ( 1931-07-24 ) Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy Occupation Film director
Screenwriter Children Fabio Olmi, Elisabetta Olmi Awards Palme d'Or, Golden Lion, David di Donatello for Best Film Nominations European Film Award for Best Director Movies Torneranno i prati, The Tree of Wooden Clogs, Il Posto, The Profession of Arms, The Cardboard Village Similar People Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, Fabio Olmi, Tullio Kezich, Loredana Detto | ||
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Ermanno Olmi (born 24 July 1931) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
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- torneranno i prati ermanno olmi racconta la grande guerra
- Under the influence mike mills on ermanno olmi
- Biography
- Awards
- David di Donatello
- Nastro dArgento
- Filmography
- References
Under the influence mike mills on ermanno olmi
Biography
Olmi was born in Bergamo, Lombardy. He is married to Loredana Detto, who played Antonietta Masetti in Il Posto.
Olmi's films fit into the artistic mold of Italian neorealism, though Olmi would argue (and does argue, in an interview found on the Criterion Edition DVD of his 1961 film, Il Posto) that this is the artistic tradition he is responding against because, he claimed, he used non-actors in authentic locations whereas neorealism used professional actors. However, many neorealist directors also used non-professional actors for secondary and sometimes even primary roles. His films, like most of those considered to be products of the neorealist movement, are shot in long, slow takes, and generally contain some sort of social commentary, though rarely do the neorealists wear their political opinions on their sleeves. Another film was I fidanzati.
Perhaps his best known film is The Tree of Wooden Clogs (L'Albero degli zoccoli), which was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1978 Cannes Film Festival. In 1983 his film Walking, Walking was screened out of competition at Cannes. In 1988, his La leggenda del santo bevitore (The Legend of the Holy Drinker), based on the novella by Joseph Roth and starring Rutger Hauer, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival as well as a David di Donatello award.
His The Profession of Arms (Il mestiere delle armi) also won a David di Donatello award.
In 2008 he received the Honorary Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.