Ermanno Olmi
DirectingErmanno 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
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare
Self
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vedete, sono uno di voi
(voice) (uncredited)
Una storia milanese
Turchi
Un Ballo in Maschera
Self - Stage Director
E venne l'uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi
Il ragazzo di Gigliola
Defense Attorney
Racconti di giovani amori
Lawyer (segment "Il ragazzo di Gigliola") (uncredited)
Filmography — Acting
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Quando i tedeschi non sapevano nuotare
Self
Le 1000 vite di Bud Spencer
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree
Interviewee
Vedete, sono uno di voi
(voice) (uncredited)
Una storia milanese
Turchi
Un Ballo in Maschera
Self - Stage Director
E venne l'uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi
Il ragazzo di Gigliola
Defense Attorney
Racconti di giovani amori
Lawyer (segment "Il ragazzo di Gigliola") (uncredited)
Effetto Olmi
Himself
Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore
Interviewer (uncredited)
Filmography — Crew
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
Tickets
Director
Il Posto
Director
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Director
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Director
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
Director
The Duchess of Langeais
Producer
Rainbow: A Private Affair
Producer
A Man Named John
Screenplay
Around a Small Mountain
Producer
The Secret of the Old Woods
Director
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Director
The Profession of Arms
Director
Long Live the Lady!
Director
Greenery Will Bloom Again
Director
Singing Behind Screens
Director
One Hundred Nails
Director
The Cardboard Village
Director
La valle di pietra
Writer
The Fiancés
Director
Un metro lungo cinque
Director
Manon: Finestra 2
Director
Time Stood Still
Director
The Scavengers
Director
Mother Earth
Director
Vedete, sono uno di voi
Director
One Fine Day
Director
Walking, Walking
Director
Grigio
Director
Wine Cliffs
Director
Michelino 1A B
Writer
The Award
Writer
Milano '83
Director
La diga del ghiacciaio
Director
Three Lines to Milan
Director
Un Ballo in Maschera
Director
La mia valle
Director
II° raduno sciistico sociale all'Alpe Devero
Director
The Circumstance
Director
Dal diario scolastico di Cesare Cornoldi
Director
Il Denaro non esiste
Director
Il grande paese d’acciaio
Director
In the Summertime
Screenplay
Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta
Writer
L'onda
Director
Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis
Writer
Il ragazzo di Gigliola
Director
Racconti di giovani amori
Screenplay
L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura
Director
Il pianeta che ci ospita
Writer
Riva Mechanical Constructions
Director
Construction Site in Winter
Director
Franco e Antonio gli scienziati
Director
Giochi di colonia
Director
Le Grand Barrage
Writer
La Galleria, cuore e memoria di Milano
Director
Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo
Director
Ritorno al paese
Director
Così è andata: Gente di montagna
Director
Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore
Writer
The Crush
Director
Il pensionato
Director
"Qualcosa" di Niki
Director
La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo
Director
Nino il fioraio
Director
Alcide De Gasperi
Director
Nascita di una formazione partigiana
Director
Lungo il fiume
Director
Il racconto della Stura
Director
Venezia città moderna
Director
Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger
Director
Buongiorno natura
Writer
Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500
Director
700 anni fa
Director