Ermanno Olmi
- Directing
- July 24, 1931 · Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
- May 7, 2018
Biography
Ermanno Olmi (born July 24, 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy) was a renowned Italian film director. Olmi's films have been described as "humanistic and reflective, portraying everyday people in particular landscapes and locations, while at the same time being charged with social comment and poetic flashes." His films fit into the artistic mold of Italian neorealism, though Olmi argued, in an interview found on the Criterion Edition DVD of his 1961 film, Il Posto, that this was the artistic tradition he was responding against because he used non-actors in authentic locations whereas neorealism, he claimed, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer · Self
- Rainbow: A Private Affair · Producer
- Vedete, sono uno di voi · (voice) (uncredited), Director
- E venne l'uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi
- Il pianeta che ci ospita · Director, Writer
- Greenery Will Bloom Again · Director, Screenplay
- Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare · Self
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded · Director
- Un ballo in maschera · Stage Director
- The Cardboard Village · Director, Screenplay
- L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo · Self
- Wine Cliffs · Director, Writer
- Around a Small Mountain · Producer
- Mother Earth · Director, Idea
- The Award · Writer, Director
- One Hundred Nails · Director, Writer
- The Duchess of Langeais · Producer
- Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis · Director, Writer
- The Wind Blows Round · Thanks
- Un Ballo in Maschera · Self, Director
- Tickets · Director, Screenplay
- Singing Behind Screens · Director, Writer
- The Profession of Arms · Director, Writer
- Il Denaro non esiste · Director
- Genesis: The Creation and the Flood · Director, Cinematography
- The Secret of the Old Woods · Director, Writer
- In Calabria · Thanks
- Lungo il fiume · Director, Writer
- La valle di pietra · Writer
- 12 Directors for 12 Cities · Director, Editing
- The Legend of the Holy Drinker · Director, Writer
- Long Live the Lady! · Director, Writer
- Così è andata: Gente di montagna · Director
- Milano '83 · Director, Writer
- Walking, Walking · Director, Screenplay
- Effetto Olmi · Self
- Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree · Interviewee
- The Tree of Wooden Clogs · Director, Writer
- The South Bank Show
- Ciné regards · Self
- The Circumstance · Director, Writer
- Alcide De Gasperi · Director
- Nascita di una formazione partigiana · Director
- The Scavengers · Director, Writer
- In the Summertime · Screenplay, Cinematography
- Birth of the Republic · Director, Editing
- One Fine Day · Director, Screenplay
- Racconti di giovani amori · Lawyer (segment "Il ragazzo di Gigliola") (uncredited), Director
- Ritorno al paese · Director
- Il ragazzo di Gigliola · Defense Attorney, Director
- Franco e Antonio gli scienziati · Director, Writer
- Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo · Director, Writer
- Nino il fioraio · Director, Writer
- "Qualcosa" di Niki · Director, Writer
- La Galleria, cuore e memoria di Milano · Director
- The Crush · Director, Writer
- A Man Named John · Director, Screenplay
- Tokyo Olympiad · Thanks
- 700 anni fa · Director
- Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta · Writer, Editing
- The Fiancés · Director, Screenplay
- Una storia milanese · Turchi
- Un metro lungo cinque · Director
- Le Grand Barrage · Director, Writer
- Il Posto · Director, Writer
- Il grande paese d’acciaio · Director
- Time Stood Still · Director, Writer
- Giochi di colonia · Cinematography, Director
- Venezia città moderna · Director
- Three Lines to Milan · Director
- Il pensionato · Director, Screenplay
- Grigio · Director, Writer
- Michelino 1A B · Writer, Director
- Riva Mechanical Constructions · Cinematography, Director
- Manon: Finestra 2 · Director
- Il racconto della Stura · Director
- La mia valle · Cinematography, Director
- Buongiorno natura · Writer, Director
- L'onda · Editing, Director
- Construction Site in Winter · Editing, Director