Tornatore, Giuseppe

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TORNATORE, Giuseppe

TORNATORE, Giuseppe. Italian, b. 1956. Genres: Music, Songs/Lyrics and libretti, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Screenwriter and director of motion pictures. Contributing director to film. Publications: Opera prima: Museo civico d'arte contemporanea di Gibellina, 1990. SCREENPLAYS: (with M. De Rita) Il Camorrista (title means: The Professor), 1986; Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, 1988, abridged version in the US as Cinema Paradiso, 1990; (with T. Guerra) Stanno tutti bene, 1990, in the US as Everybody's Fine, 1991; (with P. Quignard) Una pura formalità, 1994, in the US as A Pure Formality, 1995; (with F. Rinaudo) L'uomo delle stelle, 1995, in the US as The Star Maker, 1996. Address: 7 Via Santamaura, Rome, Italy.

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