Michelangelo Antonioni Biography (1912?-)

Born September 29, 1912 (one source says 1913), in Ferrara, Italy; son of Ismaele (a landowner) and Elisabetta (maiden name, Roncagli) Antonioni; marriedLetizia Balboni, 1942 (divorced); married Enrica Fico (an actress, director,and producer), 1986. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211-1934.; Office: Via Fleming 111, 00191, Rome, Italy.

Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, screenwriter
Birth Details: September 29, 1912?; Ferrara, Italy

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
(Assistant director) I due foscari, 1942
(Assistant director) Les visiteurs du soir, 1942
Gente del Po (also known as People of the Po River; documentary short), 1947
N.U. (Nettezza urbana) (documentary short), 1948
Roma-Montevideo (documentary short), 1948
Oltre l'oblio (documentary short), 1948
L'amorosa menzogna (also known as Loving Lie; documentary short), 1949
Superstizione (also known as Superstition; documentary short), 1949
Sette canne e un vestito (documentary short), 1949
Bomarzo (documentary short), 1949
Ragazze in bianco (documentary short), 1949
La villa dei mostri (also known as The Villa of Monsters; documentary short), 1950
La funivia del faloria (documentary short), 1950
Cronaca di un amore (also known as Story of a Love and Story of a Love Affair), 1951
"Tentato suicido," L'amore in citta (also known as Love in theCity), 1952
I vinti (also known as I nostri figli, The Vanquished, and Youth and Perversion), 1952
(And editor, uncredited), La signora senza camelie (also known asThe Lady without Camelias, La dama sin camelias, La dame sans camelia, and Camille without Camellias), ENIC-Italoons, 1953
Le amiche (also known as The Girlfriends), Premiere, 1955
Uomini in Piu (documentary short), 1955
(Supervising director) Questo nostro mondo, 1957
Il grido (also known as The Cry and The Outcry), Astor, 1957
(Some interior scenes only) Nel segno di Roma (also known as ImZeichen Roms, La regina del deserto, Sheba and the Gladiator, Sign of Rome, Sign of the Gladiator, and Sotto il segnodi Roma), 1958
(Second unit director, uncredited) The Tempest, 1958
L'avventura (also known as The Adventure), Janus, 1960
La notte (also known as The Night and La Nuit), DinoDeLaurentiis, 1961
L'eclisse (also known as Eclipse), Times Films, 1962
Il deserto rosso (also known as Red Desert and Le desertrouge), Rizzoli, 1964
"Profazione," I tre volti (also known as "Screen Test," Three Faces of a Woman and Three Faces), Dino DeLaurentiis, 1965
Blow-Up, Premiere, 1966
(And editor) Zabriskie Point, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
Chung kuo Cina (also known as China and Cina; documentary), 1972
(And editor) The Passenger (also known as Profession: Reporter, Professione: Reporter, and El reportero), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1975
(And electronic editor) Il mistero di Oberwald (also known as The Oberwald Mystery and The Mystery of Oberwald), Gaumont, 1980
(And editor) Identificazione di una donna (also known as Identification of a Woman and Indentification d'une femme), Gaumont, 1983
Roma '90, 1989
Kumbha mela, 1989
(And editor) Noto-Mandorli-Vulcano-Stromboli-Carnevale, 1992
(With Wim Wenders) Par dela les nuages, 1994
(And editor) Al di la delle nuvole (also known as Beyond the Clouds, Jenseits der Wolken, and Par-dela les nuages), Sceneries Distribution, 1995
(And producer) Destinazione Verna, 2000
Just to Be Together (also known as Tanto per stare insieme), 2001
Film Producer

Liv, 1998
Film Appearances
Voice of narrator, Chung kuo Cina (also known as China andCina), 1972
Chambre 666, 1984
Himself, Faire un film pour moi c'est vivre (also known as Making a Film for Me Is to Live), 1995
Television Work
Director, Roma '90 (documentary), 1989
Stage Director
Scandali segreti, 1957
I Am a Camera, 1957
WRITINGS
Screenplays
I due foscari, 1942
Un pilota ritorna, 1942
Gente del Po (also known as People of the Po River), 1943
Cacci tragica (also known as The Tragic Hunt and The Tragic Pursuit), 1947
N.U. (Nettezza urbana), 1948
Roma--Montevideo, 1948
Oltre l'oblio, 1948
L'amorosa menzogna (also known as Loving Lie), 1949
Superstizione (also known as Superstition), 1949
Sette canne e un vestito, 1949
Bomarzo, 1949
Ragazze in bianco, 1949
La villa dei mostri (also known as The Villa of Monsters),1950
La funivia del faloria, 1950
(Story only) Cronaca di un amore (also known as Story of a LoveAffair), 1951
"Tentato suicido," L'amore in citta (also known as Love in theCity), 1952
I vinti (also known as The Vanquished and Youth and Perversion), 1952
Lo sceicco bianco (also known as The White Sheik), 1952
(With Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Francesco Maselli, and P. M. Pasinetti) Lasignora senza camelie (also known as Camille without Camelias, La dama sin camelias, La dame sans camelias, and The Lady without Camelias), ENIC-Italoons, 1953
Uomini in Piu, 1955
(With d'Amico and Alba de Cespedes) Le amiche (also known as The Girlfriends), Premiere, 1955
(With Elio Bartolini and Ennio DeConcini) Il grido (also known asThe Cry and The Outcry), Astor, 1957
(With Bartolini and Tonino Guerra) L'avventura
(With Guerra and Ernio Flaiano) La notte (also known as The Night and La Nuit), Dino DeLaurentiis, 1961
(With Guerra, Bartolini and Ottiero Ottieri) L'eclisse (also knownas The Eclipse), Times Films, 1962 edited by John Francis Lane and published by Cappelli, 1962
(With Guerra) Il deserto rosso (also known as Red Desert and Le desert rouge), Rizzoli, 1964 published by Cappelli, 1964
"Profazione," I tre volti (also known as Three Faces of a Woman and The Three Faces), Dino DeLaurentiis, 1965
(With Guerra and Edward Bond) Blow-Up, Premiere, 1966 published bySimon & Schuster, 1971
(With Guerra, Fred Gardner, and Sam Shepard) Zabriskie Point, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970 published by Cappelli, 1970
Chung kuo Cina (also known as China and Cina; documentary), 1972
(With Mark Peploe and Peter Wollen) The Passenger, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1975 published by Grove, 1976
The Passenger (also known as Profession: Reporter, Professione: Reporter, and El Reportero), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1975
Il mistero di Oberwald (also known as The Oberwald Mysteryand The Mystery of Oberwald), Gaumont, 1980
(With Guerra and Gerard Brach) Identificazione di una donna (alsoknown as Identification of a Woman and Indentification d'une femme), Gaumont, 1983
Al di la delle nuvole (also known as Beyond the Clouds, Jenseits der Wolken, and Par-dela les nuages), Sceneries Distribution, 1995
Destinazione Verna, 2000
Just to Be Together (also known as Tanto per stare insieme), 2001
Screenplay Collections
Screenplays of Michelangelo Antonioni (Il grido, L'avventura, La notte, and L'eclisse), translated by Roger L. Moore and Louis Brigante, OrionPress, 1963
Sei Film (Le amiche, Il grido, L'avventura, La notte, L'eclisse, and Il deserto rosso), Einaudi, 1964
Antonioni: Four Screenplays (L'avventura, Il grido, L'eclisse, and Lanotte), Grossman, 1971
Red Desert and Zabriskie Point, Simon & Schuster, 1972
Il Primo Antonioni: I Cortometraggi (Cronaca di un amore, I vinti, Lasignora senza camelie, and "Tentato suicido"), edited by Carlo Di Carlo,Cappelli, 1973
Stage Plays
(With Elio Bartolini) Scandali segreti, 1957
Short Stories
(With William Arrowsmith) That Bowling Alley on the Tiber: Tales of aDirector, Oxford University Press, 1985
Autobiography
(With Roland Barthes) Michelangelo Antonioni, C. Hanser, 1984
Nonfiction
The Architecture of Vision: Writings and Interviews on Cinema, edited by Marga Cottino-Jones, Marsilio Publishers, 1996
Other
Unfinished Business: Screenplays, Scenarios, and Ideas, Marsilio Publishers, 1998

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Arrowsmith, William, Antonioni: The Poet of Images, Oxford University Press, 1995
Brunette, Peter, The Films of Michelangelo Antonioni, Cambridge University Press, 1998
Cameron, Ian, and Robin Wood, Antonioni, Studio Vista, 1968
Chatman, Seymour, Antonioni, or the Surface of the World, University of California Press, 1985
Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed.
Perry, Ted, and Rene Prieto, Michelangelo Antonioni: A Guide to Reference and Resources, G. K. Hall, 1986
Wenders, Wim, My Time with Antonioni, Faber and Faber, 2000

Periodicals

Cinematographer, November, 1981
Ecran, December, 1973 May, 1975
Entertainment Weekly, March, 1995, p. 140
Film Comment, July-August, 1975 September/October, 1992, p. 36
Filmcritica, March, 1975
Film Culture, spring, 1962
Film Heritage, spring, 1970
Filmmakers Newsletter, July, 1975
Film Quarterly, summer, 1975 summer, 1995, p. 22; fall, 1997, p. 2
Image et son, September, 1975
Interview, October, 1995, p. 108
Life, January 27, 1967
Movie, spring, 1965
New York Film Bulletin, Number 8, 1961
Playboy, November, 1967
Saturday Review, October 27, 1962
Sight and Sound, winter, 1960 winter, 1979
Time, September 18, 1995, p. 129
Vogue, March 15, 1970

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