Pupi Avati

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Nov 03, 1938 (86 years old)

Pupi Avati

Known For

La voglia matta di vivere
1h 20m
Movie 2022

La voglia matta di vivere

Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
Movie 2021

Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta

Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me
1h 40m
Movie 2020

Paolo Conte, Come Away with Me

Documentary follows the life and work of Italian singer and composer Paolo Conte.

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.