Giuseppe Tornatore, a luminary Italian film director, who shot to fame with his 1988 masterpiece Cinema Paradiso, is a man with an intense love affair with the world of cinema. Hailing from Bagheria, Sicily, Tornatore’s passion for the art of filmmaking had its roots in his childhood. At the tender age of 16, he directed his first short film, and after completing his studies in film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, he began w...