ITALIAN AUTEURS
By: Anton Williams
Italy, 1950s – 00s
Italy produced many auteurs* throughout its history, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, Sergio Leone, Dario Argento, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Mario Monicelli, Marco Ferreri, Ermanno Olmi, Umberto Lenzi, Lina Wertmüller, and Luchino Visconti.
Related: ITALIAN NEOREALISM, THE SPAGHETTI WESTERN
*In film criticism, the 1950s-era auteur theory holds that a director’s films reflect that director’s personal creative vision, as if he were the primary “auteur” (the French word for “author”). In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the films in question being made as part of an industrial process, the author’s creative voice is distinctive enough to shine through all kinds of studio interference. In some cases, film producers are considered to have a similar “auteur” role for films that they have produced.
In chronological order from the earliest.
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01Roberto Rossellini
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02Vittorio De Sica
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03Federico Fellini
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04Michelangelo Antonioni
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05Michelangelo Antonioni
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06Federico Fellini
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07Mario Monicelli
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08Ermanno Olmi
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09Franco Rossi
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10Mario Bava
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11Luchino Visconti
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12Federico Fellini
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13Vittorio De Sica
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14Michelangelo Antonioni
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15Michelangelo Antonioni
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16Pietro Germi
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17Michelangelo Antonioni
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18Federico Fellini
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19Mario Monicelli
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20Mario Bava
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21Pietro Germi
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22Bernardo Bertolucci
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23Pier Paolo Pasolini
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24Luchino Visconti
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25Federico Fellini
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26Michelangelo Antonioni
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27Pietro Germi
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28Mario Bava
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29Michelangelo Antonioni
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30Marco Ferreri
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31Marco Ferreri
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32Bernardo Bertolucci
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33Pier Paolo Pasolini
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34Pier Paolo Pasolini
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35Lina Wertmüller
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36Mario Bava
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37Mario Monicelli
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38Ermanno Olmi
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39Lina Wertmüller
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40Marco Ferreri
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41Bernardo Bertolucci
