Ermanno Olmi
Directing · Born 1931-07-24 · age 86 at death · Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
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.
Titles
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
Il Posto
Rainbow: A Private Affair
Greenery Will Bloom Again
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
The Fiancés
The Profession of Arms
Tickets
The Secret of the Old Woods
One Hundred Nails
Genesis: The Creation and the Flood
The Duchess of Langeais
Time Stood Still
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Singing Behind Screens
The Crush
Long Live the Lady!
Around a Small Mountain
The Cardboard Village
The Scavengers
A Man Named John
One Fine Day
L'onda
Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger
The Circumstance
12 Directors for 12 Cities
Walking, Walking
La diga del ghiacciaio
Mother Earth
Il racconto della Stura
In the Summertime
Vedete, sono uno di voi
Una storia milanese
Il pensionato
Three Lines to Milan
Michelino 1A B
Milano '83
Lungo il fiume
Manon: Finestra 2
La mia valle
Construction Site in Winter
La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo
Buongiorno natura
Racconti di giovani amori
L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura
Un metro lungo cinque
La valle di pietra
Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore
Riva Mechanical Constructions
Il grande paese d’acciaio
Le Grand Barrage
Un Ballo in Maschera
Il Denaro non esiste
Giochi di colonia
Nino il fioraio
Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis
Grigio
700 anni fa
"Qualcosa" di Niki
The Award