Antonioni

American  

[ahn-taw-nyaw-nee, an-toh-nee-oh-nee] / ˌɑn tɔˈnyɔ ni, ænˌtoʊ niˈoʊ ni /

noun

1. Michelangelo 1912–2007, Italian film director.

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Antonioni British  

/ ˌæntəʊnɪˈəʊnɪ /

noun

1. Michelangelo (mikeˈlandʒelo). 1912–2007, Italian film director; his films include L'Avventura (1959), La Notte (1961), Blow-Up (1966), Zabriskie Point (1970), Beyond the Clouds (1995), and Just To Be Together (2002)

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Example Sentences

We are told of his riding an elephant with Michelangelo Antonioni, and his likening of Andrei Tarkovsky to a younger brother.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

But as the evening wore on, Scorsese recalls that Antonioni, a filmmaker adept at conveying estrangement and emotional alienation, could not understand why Scorsese and Robertson kept laughing so much.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

One of the busiest actors of her generation, whose résumé included work with some of the world’s greatest directors — Antonioni, Buñuel and Welles, among them — she doesn’t lack for visual ideas.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

I was far more interested in Antonioni and Fellini than "Star Wars."

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2022

They agree to go to the Film Forum on Sunday afternoon, to see the Antonioni double feature that Lydia and Gerald have recently been to and recommended over dinner.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri