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Ermanno Olmi

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Italian film director (1931–2018)

Key facts

Born
( 1931-07-24 ) 24 July 1931, Bergamo , Italy
Died
7 May 2018 (2018-05-07) (aged 86), Asiago , Italy
Occupations
Film director , Screenwriter , Cinematographer , Film editor
Years active
1953–2018

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Bergamo
Place of death
Asiago
Occupation
director
Languages spoken
Italian
Field of work
documentary film
Image
Ermanno Olmi.jpg
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Commons category
Ermanno Olmi
date of birth
1931-07-24
date of death
2018-05-05
cause of death
disease
start of work period
1953-00-00
has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

Ermanno Olmi (24 July 1931 – 7 May 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Il Posto (1961) and The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1977), which won the Palme d'Or. Throughout his career Olmi blended Italian neorealism with Christian humanism, with many of his films following humble characters through the spiritual trials of harsh conditions.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ermanno Olmi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.