Nicola Piovani Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Nicola Piovani

Nicola Piovani

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Biography

Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian light-classical musician, theater and film score composer. In 1998, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for Roberto Benigni's film Life Is Beautiful (1997). After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. In 1971 and 1973 collaborated for the music of two albums of the songwriter Fabrizio De André: Storia di un impiegato and Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo. In 2008, after De André departure, Piovani wrote the music for the film Amore che vieni, amore che vai, inspired by a novel of De André himself, Un destino ridicolo. Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film Intervista, his second of three collaborations with the famous director, the others being Ginger e Fred (Ginger and Fred in English) and La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon). Years later, he composed a ballet titled Balletto Fellini. In 2000, his Academy Award-winning score for Life Is Beautiful (La Vita è bella) was further nominated for a Grammy Award in the "Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" category, losing to Randy Newman. In 2005, he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In light of his recent work with French directors, notably Danièle Thompson, Philippe Lioret, and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, the French Minister of Culture gave him the title of Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on 21 May 2008 at the Cannes Film Festival. To date, Piovani has over 130 film scores to his credit, including films such as Slap the Monster on Page One (1972), The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974), Flavia the Heretic (1974), Le Orme (1975), A Leap in the Dark (1980) The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), and Kaos (1984). The music for the latter is considered by many as one of the best film scores ever done. However, he is reported to believe that "Too many film scores make a composer a hack, but in the theatre music is above all craftsmanship". Accordingly, he continues to work in musical theatre, and also composes concert and chamber music. Piovani also composed the first opera Amorosa presenza on a libretto by Aisha Cerami and Nicola Piovani, based on the novel by Vincenzo Cerami and is performed at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste in January 2022. In 2023, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy. In 2024, Piovani composed the score for Loris Lai's debut feature film, How Kids Roll. Source: Article "Nicola Piovani" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Siamo in un film di Alberto Sordi? movie poster
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Siamo in un film di Alberto Sordi?

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Siamo in un film di Alberto Sordi?
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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi movie poster
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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi

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Luigi Proietti detto Gigi
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Boris: The Film movie poster
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Boris: The Film

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Boris: The Film
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Ennio movie poster
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Ennio

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Ennio
Self
Fellinopolis movie poster
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Fellinopolis

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Fellinopolis
Self - Composer
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore movie poster
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Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

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Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
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La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota movie poster
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La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota
The Magic of Fellini movie poster
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The Magic of Fellini

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The Magic of Fellini
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Il sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via movie poster
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Il sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via

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Il sangue e la parola - Non la spada ma la parola illumini la via
Cento e oltre. Puccini e noi movie poster
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Cento e oltre. Puccini e noi
Nicola Piovani

Production

Don't Worry, I'm Fine movie poster
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Don't Worry, I'm Fine

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Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Original Music Composer
Life Is Beautiful movie poster
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Life Is Beautiful

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Life Is Beautiful
Original Music Composer
Avenue Montaigne movie poster
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Avenue Montaigne

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Avenue Montaigne
Original Music Composer
The Best Years movie poster
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The Best Years

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The Best Years
Original Music Composer
The Tiger and the Snow movie poster
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The Tiger and the Snow

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The Tiger and the Snow
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Jamon Jamon movie poster
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Jamon Jamon

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Jamon Jamon
Original Music Composer
Pinocchio movie poster
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Pinocchio

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Pinocchio
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Utz movie poster
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Utz

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Utz
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The Slurb movie poster
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The Slurb

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The Slurb
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La moglie ingenua e il marito malato movie poster
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La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

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La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
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Gallery

Nicola Piovani portrait