Birthday: September 29, 1912

Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni redefined the concept of narrative cinema, challenging the accepted notions at the heart of storytelling, realism, drama, and the world at large; his films -- a seminal body of enigmatic and intricate mood pieces -- rejected action in favor of contemplation, championing image and design over character and story. Haunted by a sense of instability and ...more
  • 2000
  • National Society of Film Critics
  • Special Citation
  • win
  • 1994
  • Academy
  • Honorary Award
  • win
  • 1993
  • European Film Academy
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • win
  • 1983
  • Venice International Film Festival
  • Golden Lion for Career
  • win
  • 2004
  • Eros
  • Director
  • 2004
  • Eros
  • Screenwriter
  • 2004
  • Eros
  • Book Author


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