Ermanno Olmi

Birthday: 1931-07-24
Deathday: 2018-05-07
Birthplace: Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
2017-03-16 Vedete, sono uno di voi
2015-04-28 Il pianeta che ci ospita
2014-11-06 Greenery Will Bloom Again
2013-08-28 Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2011-10-07 The Cardboard Village
2009-10-18 Wine Cliffs
2009-05-08 Mother Earth
2009-03-27 The Award
2007-03-30 One Hundred Nails
2007-01-23 Atto unico di Jannis Kounellis
2005-11-26 Un Ballo in Maschera
2005-03-25 Tickets
2003-10-24 Singing Behind Screens
2001-05-11 The Profession of Arms
1999-09-07 Il Denaro non esiste
1994-09-16 Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
1993-10-01 The Secret of the Old Woods
1992-11-08 Lungo il fiume
1989-05-22 12 Directors for 12 Cities
1988-09-02 The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1987-09-08 Long Live the Lady!
1987-01-16 Così è andata: Gente di montagna
1983-09-01 Milano '83
1983-05-12 Walking, Walking
1978-08-28 The Tree of Wooden Clogs
1974-04-09 The Circumstance
1974-02-01 Alcide De Gasperi
1973-01-01 Nascita di una formazione partigiana
1972-11-05 The Scavengers
1971-10-17 In the Summertime
1968-10-04 One Fine Day
1967-10-25 Racconti di giovani amori
1967-09-04 Ritorno al paese
1967-03-22 Franco e Antonio gli scienziati
1967-03-22 Il ragazzo di Gigliola
1967-03-22 Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo
1967-03-22 Nino il fioraio
1967-03-22 "Qualcosa" di Niki
1967-03-16 La Galleria, cuore e memoria di Milano
1967-02-16 The Crush
1965-11-19 A Man Named John
1964-04-13 700 anni fa
1964-03-25 Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta
1963-05-16 The Fiancés
1961-10-01 Le Grand Barrage
1961-10-01 Un metro lungo cinque
1961-09-21 Il Posto
1960-07-01 Il grande paese d’acciaio
1960-04-06 Time Stood Still
1959-02-01 Giochi di colonia
1958-07-29 Venezia città moderna
1958-07-01 Three Lines to Milan
1957-09-29 Michelino 1A B
1957-08-01 Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger
1956-11-11 Riva Mechanical Constructions
1956-09-22 Manon: Finestra 2
1956-02-04 Il racconto della Stura
1956-02-01 La mia valle
1956-01-01 Il pensionato
1955-11-01 Buongiorno natura
1955-09-14 L'onda
1955-06-01 Construction Site in Winter
1955-02-15 L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura
1955-01-01 La diga del ghiacciaio
1954-07-01 La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo
1954-01-01 II° raduno sciistico sociale all'Alpe Devero
1953-01-01 Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore
1953-01-01 Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500