Pupi Avati

Director, known for Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, The House with Laughing Windows, Revenge of the Dead

Pupi (Giuseppe) Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and…