Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Michelangelo Antonioni , Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( 29 September 1912 â `` 30 July 2007 ) was an Italian modernist film director .
Simplified: Michelangelo Antonioni ( September 29 1912 â `` July 30 , 2007 ) was born in Rome , Italy . He was a film director .