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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.
Ermanno Olmi was born on 24 July 1931 in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978), The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) and Il posto (1961). He was married to Loredana Detto. He died on 5 May 2018 in Asiago, Veneto, Italy.
Ermanno Olmi è stato un regista, sceneggiatore, produttore cinematografico, direttore della fotografia, montatore e scrittore italiano.
May 8, 2018 · Ermanno Olmi, a largely self-taught Italian director who wove family folk tales and unadorned accounts of farm life, class and Roman Catholicism into neorealist films that often starred...
May 7, 2018 · Ermanno Olmi, the Italian director best known for winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1978 with his drama “The Tree of Wooden Clogs,” has died at 86.
ROME (AP) — Ermanno Olmi, an Italian cinematic giant who won the top award at the Cannes Film Festival for his depiction of 19th- century Italian farm life in “The Tree of Wooden Clogs,” has died at age 86.
May 7, 2018 · Italian director Ermanno Olmi, known for humanist dramas in which he explored spirituality and social themes such as “The Tree of Wooden Clogs,” which won the 1978 Cannes Palme d’Or, has died. He...
