Film
- Dentro la casa della vecchia signora TV-movie (1973)
- The Man From Marseille (1975), starring Marc Porel and Vittorio Mezzogiorno.
- A Classy Crime TV-movie (1977)
- Il giorno dei cristalli TV-movie (1978)
- Martin Eden TV-movie (1979)from Jack London's novel, starring Christopher Connelly, Capucine and Vittorio Mezzogiorno
- Colomba TV-movie (1981) (TV) from Prosper Mérimée's novel, starring Anne Canovas and Alain Cuny.
- Hearts in Armour (1983) for Warner Bros
- Blood Ties (1986) (Showtime), starring Brad Davis, Vincent Spano and Michael Gazzo.
- Stradivari (1989) starring Anthony Quinn, Valerie Kaprinski and Stefania Sandrelli.
- Cellini- A Violent Life (1990)starring Wadeck Stanczak, Max Von Sydow, Ben Kingsley.
- Diary of a rapist (1995) starring Roberto Zibetti and Isabella Ferrari. Officially invited at the Berlin, Moscow, Montreal and Stockholm International Film Festivals.
- The Octupus 8 (TV) (1997)
- The Octupus 9 (TV) (1998)
- The Young Casanova (TV) (2001) starring Stefano Accorsi, Thierry Lhermitte, Katja Flint, Barbara Schultz.
- Entrusted (TV) (2003)starring Klaus Maria Brandauer, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, and Thomas Sangster.
- Karol, A Man Who Became Pope (TV) (2005) starring Piotr Adamczyk, Malgosia Bela, Matt Craven, Michele Placido.
- Karol, The Pope, The Man (TV) (2006)
- Resolution 819 (2008) starring Benoît Magimel, Karolina Gruszka, Hippolyte Girardot.
- The Lying Game" (L'Infiltré) (2010) starring Jacques Gamblin, Mehdi Dehbi
Giacomo Battiato has made several cultural programmes and documentaries, among which:
- Expressionismus (MIFED Gran Prix) - The portrait of Pierre Boulez. - A film on Italian Design for the Museum of Modern Art, New York. - In 1993 he won the “Prix Unesco” at the International Festival of Art Film in Paris.
He has staged operas: Verdi's Simone Boccanegra in Stuttgart, Germany. Mozart's Così fan tutte in Naples, Italy.
He has also directed commercials... ... winning the “One Show Gold Award” by the Art Directors Club in New York, the “Andy Award of Excellence” by the Advertising Club in New York and the “Lion d'Or” at 20th Cannes' International Advertising Film Festival.
He has given courses in Film Directing at the National School of Cinema in Rome.
Publications: Giacomo Battiato has edited an Anthology of the European Poetry and Literature at the turn of the century, published by Mazzotta in Milan. His first novel Fuori dal cielo (Out of heaven) has won the “Rea” award and the “First Novel Award”. His second novel L’amore nel palmo della mano (Love in the palm of the hand) has been published by Mondadori in Italy and by Artist House in Japan. His new novel 39 Colpi di pugnale (39 strikes of a dagger) has been published in June 2010 by Gaffi.
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