---
name: "Ermanno Olmi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ermanno-olmi"
fi1m_id: "ermanno-olmi"
imdb_id: "nm0647438"
tmdb_id: 27213
wikidata_id: "Q114063"
roles: ["Cinematographer","Director"]
born: "24 July 1931"
died: "7 May 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-26T00:28:46.216154+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ermanno Olmi

## Identity

Ermanno Olmi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ermanno-olmi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ermanno-olmi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0647438
- **TMDB ID:** 27213
- **Wikidata ID:** Q114063
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermanno_Olmi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114063, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27213

Cinematographer and director. Born 24 July 1931 in Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. Died 7 May 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer, Director
- **Born:** 24 July 1931, Treviglio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy
- **Died:** 7 May 2018
- **Also known as:** Эрманно Ольми, 에르만노 올미
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermanno_Olmi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114063, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647438/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27213

## Biography

Ermanno Olmi was an Italian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He began his career making documentaries for the Edison-Volta electricity company from the early 1950s and directed his first feature, *Il tempo si è fermato*, in 1959.

Olmi's best-known works include *Il Posto* (1961) and *The Tree of Wooden Clogs* (1978), the latter of which he also wrote, edited and shot; it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Later films include *The Legend of the Holy Drinker* (1988) and *The Profession of Arms* (2001). He died on 7 May 2018.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Tree of Wooden Clogs* (1978), Fi1m 89, Writer, Cinematography, Editor, Director, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-wooden-clogs.md)

## Complete filmography (82)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Rainbow: A Private Affair* (2017), Producer
- *Vedete, sono uno di voi* (2017), as (voice) (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay, Story
- *E venne l'uomo: Un dialogo con Ermanno Olmi* (2016), Actor
- *Il pianeta che ci ospita* (2015), Writer, Director
- *Greenery Will Bloom Again* (2014), Director, Screenplay
- *Venice 70: Future Reloaded* (2013), Director
- *Un ballo in maschera* (2013), Stage Director
- *The Cardboard Village* (2011), Director, Screenplay
- *Wine Cliffs* (2009), Director, Writer
- *Around a Small Mountain* (2009), Producer
- *Mother Earth* (2009), Director, Idea
- *The Award* (2009), Writer, Director
- *One Hundred Nails* (2007), Director, Writer
- *The Duchess of Langeais* (2007), Producer
- *Atto Unico di Jannis Kounellis* (2007), Writer, Director, Idea, Story, Screenplay, Script
- *The Wind Blows Round* (2006), Thanks
- *Un Ballo in Maschera* (2005), Director, Stage Director
- *Tickets* (2005), Director, Screenplay
- *Singing Behind Screens* (2003), Director, Writer
- *The Profession of Arms* (2001), Director, Writer
- *Il Denaro non esiste* (1999), Director
- *Genesis: The Creation and the Flood* (1994), Director, Director of Photography, Writer
- *The Secret of the Old Woods* (1993), Director, Writer
- *In Calabria* (1993), Thanks
- *Lungo il fiume* (1992), Director, Writer
- *La valle di pietra* (1992), Writer
- *12 Directors for 12 Cities* (1989), Director, Editor
- *The Legend of the Holy Drinker* (1988), Director, Editor, Writer
- *Long Live the Lady!* (1987), Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- *Così è andata: Gente di montagna* (1987), Director
- *Milano '83* (1983), Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
- *Walking, Walking* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Production Design, Costume Design, Director of Photography, Editor, Set Decoration
- *Ermanno Olmi: The Roots of the Tree* (1981), as Interviewee
- *The Tree of Wooden Clogs* (1978), Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tree-of-wooden-clogs.md)
- *The Circumstance* (1974), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Alcide De Gasperi* (1974), Director
- *Nascita di una formazione partigiana* (1973), Director
- *The Scavengers* (1972), Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
- *In the Summertime* (1971), Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Director
- *Birth of the Republic* (1971), series, Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
- *One Fine Day* (1968), Director, Screenplay
- *Racconti di giovani amori* (1967), as Lawyer (segment "Il ragazzo di Gigliola") (uncredited) · Screenplay, Director
- *Ritorno al paese* (1967), Director
- *Nino il fioraio* (1967), Director, Writer
- *"Qualcosa" di Niki* (1967), Director, Writer
- *Bomba vale a dire ballata beat di Vincenzo* (1967), Director, Writer
- *Il ragazzo di Gigliola* (1967), as Defense Attorney · Director, Writer
- *Franco e Antonio gli scienziati* (1967), Director, Writer
- *La Galleria, cuore e memoria di Milano* (1967), Director
- *The Crush* (1967), Director, Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
- *A Man Named John* (1965), Screenplay, Director
- *Tokyo Olympiad* (1965), Thanks
- *700 anni fa* (1964), Director
- *Dopo secoli - Immagini del pellegrinaggio di Paolo VI in Terrasanta* (1964), Editor, Writer, Director
- *The Fiancés* (1963), Director, Screenplay
- *Una storia milanese* (1962), as Turchi
- *Un metro lungo cinque* (1961), Director
- *Le Grand Barrage* (1961), Writer, Director
- *Il Posto* (1961), Director, Writer
- *Il grande paese d’acciaio* (1960), Director
- *Time Stood Still* (1960), Director, Writer
- *Giochi di colonia* (1959), Director of Photography, Director
- *Venezia città moderna* (1958), Director
- *Three Lines to Milan* (1958), Director
- *Il pensionato* (1958), Director, Screenplay
- *Grigio* (1957), Director, Writer
- *Michelino 1A B* (1957), Writer, Director
- *Riva Mechanical Constructions* (1956), Director of Photography, Director
- *Manon: Finestra 2* (1956), Director
- *Il racconto della Stura* (1956), Director
- *La mia valle* (1956), Director of Photography, Director
- *Buongiorno natura* (1955), Writer, Director
- *L'onda* (1955), Editor, Director
- *Construction Site in Winter* (1955), Editor, Director
- *L'energia elettrica nell'agricoltura* (1955), Director
- *La diga del ghiacciaio* (1955), Director
- *La pattuglia del Passo S. Giacomo* (1954), Director
- *Dialogue Between a Salesman and a Passenger* (1954), Director, Writer
- *II° raduno sciistico sociale all'Alpe Devero* (1954), Director
- *Little Calabrians in Suna on Lake Maggiore* (1953), as Interviewer (uncredited) · Writer, Editor, Director
- *Sabbioni - Una diga a quota 2500* (1953), Director
- *Dal diario scolastico di Cesare Cornoldi*, Director

## Gallery

- ![l'attrice Sarah Maestri con Ermanno Olmi (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3911368/gallery-a10b328d3f68.jpg) l'attrice Sarah Maestri con Ermanno Olmi (2013) — Associazione Amici di Piero Chiara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Ermanno_Olmi_2013_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![l'attrice Sarah Maestri con Ermanno Olmi (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3911368/gallery-c5e0dbc146bc.jpg) l'attrice Sarah Maestri con Ermanno Olmi (2013) — Associazione Amici di Piero Chiara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Sarah_Maestri_Ermanno_Olmi.jpg/1280px-Sarah_Maestri_Ermanno_Olmi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Premio alla carriera a Ermanno Olmi conferito dall'associazione "Amici di Piero Chiara" (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3911368/gallery-f9fba298b50a.jpg) Premio alla carriera a Ermanno Olmi conferito dall'associazione "Amici di Piero Chiara" (2013) — Associazione Amici di Piero Chiara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ermanno_Olmi_2013.jpg/1280px-Ermanno_Olmi_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Monsignor Dario E. Viganò con Ermanno Olmi al Premio Chiara 2013](https://film.one/media/person/3911368/gallery-df0fc3a942e7.jpg) Monsignor Dario E. Viganò con Ermanno Olmi al Premio Chiara 2013 — Associazione Amici di Piero Chiara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Monsignor_Dario_E._Vigan%C3%B2_con_Ermanno_Olmi_al_Premio_Chiara_2013.jpg/1280px-Monsignor_Dario_E._Vigan%C3%B2_con_Ermanno_Olmi_al_Premio_Chiara_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ermanno Olmi](https://film.one/media/person/3911368/gallery-76a0c28f3ddb.jpg) Ermanno Olmi — Image via TMDB
- ![Premio alla carriera a Ermanno Olmi conferito dall'associazione "Amici di Piero Chiara" (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3911368/gallery-946f8e85aacf.jpg) Premio alla carriera a Ermanno Olmi conferito dall'associazione "Amici di Piero Chiara" (2013) — Associazione Amici di Piero Chiara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Guido_Ruccio%2C_marketing_director_di_AD%2C_consegna_la_targa_Premio_Chiara_alla_Carriera_a_Ermanno_Olmi%2C_con_Mons._Dario_E._Vigan%C3%B2.jpg/1280px-Guido_Ruccio%2C_marketing_director_di_AD%2C_consegna_la_targa_Premio_Chiara_alla_Carriera_a_Ermanno_Olmi%2C_con_Mons._Dario_E._Vigan%C3%B2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Monsignor Dario E. Viganò con Ermanno Olmi (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3911368/gallery-cda1d583ff68.jpg) Monsignor Dario E. Viganò con Ermanno Olmi (2013) — Associazione Amici di Piero Chiara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Monsignor_Dario_E._Vigan%C3%B2_con_Ermanno_Olmi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 1980: Best Documentary (won), for *The Tree of Wooden Clogs*

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 1978: Palme d'Or (won), for *The Tree of Wooden Clogs*

### Venice Film Festival — 1 won

- 1988: Golden Lion (won), for *The Legend of the Holy Drinker*

### Other awards — 10 won, 3 nominated

- Viareggio-Versilia International Prize 2009: Viareggio-Versilia International Prize (won)
- David di Donatello for Best Director 2007: David di Donatello for Best Director (nominated), for *One Hundred Nails*
- David di Donatello for Best Film 2007: David di Donatello for Best Film (nominated), for *One Hundred Nails*
- David di Donatello for Best Director 2002: David di Donatello for Best Director (won), for *The Profession of Arms*
- David di Donatello for Best Film 2002: David di Donatello for Best Film (won), for *The Profession of Arms*
- European Film Award for Best Director 2001: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *The Profession of Arms*
- David di Donatello Luchino Visconti 1992: David di Donatello Luchino Visconti (won)
- David di Donatello for Best Director 1989: David di Donatello for Best Director (won), for *The Legend of the Holy Drinker*
- David di Donatello for Best Film 1989: David di Donatello for Best Film (won), for *The Legend of the Holy Drinker*
- César Award for Best Foreign Film 1979: César Award for Best Foreign Film (won), for *The Tree of Wooden Clogs*
- David di Donatello for Best Film 1979: David di Donatello for Best Film (won), for *The Tree of Wooden Clogs*
- David di Donatello for Best Director 1962: David di Donatello for Best Director (won), for *Il Posto*
- Sutherland Trophy 1961: Sutherland Trophy (won), for *Il Posto*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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