Pupi Avati
Director·b. 1938·Bologna, Italy
19 horror credits
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.
Director11 films
The American Backyard
Director
Mr. Devil
Director
The Hideout
Director
Arcane Sorcerer
Director
The Childhood Friend
Director
Revenge of the Dead
Director
The Stars in the Ditch
Director
All The Souls... Except the Dead
Director
The House with Laughing Windows
Director
Thomas
Director
Blood Relations
Director
Writer17 films
The American Backyard
Screenplay / Story
Mr. Devil
Story / Screenplay
The Hideout
Screenplay / Story
Arcane Sorcerer
Writer
The Room Next Door
Writer
The Childhood Friend
Writer
Where the Night Begins
Writer
Revenge of the Dead
Story / Screenplay
Macabre
Writer
The Stars in the Ditch
Story / Screenplay
All The Souls... Except the Dead
Writer
The House with Laughing Windows
Screenplay / Story
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Writer
Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza
Screenplay
The Kiss
Writer
Thomas
Story / Screenplay
Blood Relations
Story / Screenplay
Actor1 film
Italy Possessed: A Brief History of Exorcist Rip-Offs
Himself
Other Crew2 films
The American Backyard
Novel
Satanik
First Assistant Director