Hermanno Olmy died

Today, May 7, in Italy at the age of 86, film director Ermanno Olmy died.

This was reported by ANSA .

Ermanno Olmi was born in 1931 in Bergamo, studied at acting courses at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Milan, the directorial career began in the 1950s in documentary cinema, in 1959 he shot his first full-length film film, “Time stopped” ( Il Tempo Si è Fermato ).

The filmography of Ermanno Olmi has 60 paintings. Among them are the film “Tree for shoes” ( L'Albero Degli Zoccoli , 1978), which brought the director “Golden Palm Branch” of the Cannes festival, and “ La Leggenda Del Santo Bevitore ), which received the Golden Lion in the Venetian Festival.

The last full -length picture of Ermanno Olmy was the drama “Green Meadows will return” ( Tornerrano I Prati , 2014), dedicated to the events of the First World War.

Laureate of many film awards, including honorary awards of festivals in Locarno and Venice, awards named after Federico Fellini, three -time winner of the David Di Donatello Prize for the best directing.