Mauro Bolognini

Biography

Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director. Bolognini began directing his own feature films in the mid-1950s, and received his first international success with Wild Love (Gli innamorati). His other notable films of the 1950s and early 1960s include Young Husbands (Giovani mariti), The Big Night (La notte brava), From a Roman Balcony (La giornata balorda), and the Marcello Mastroianni-Claudia Cardinale starrer Il bell'Antonio, all written by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Parting professionally with Pasolini in 1961, Bolognini directed two love stories starring Claudia Cardinale, The Lovemakers (La viaccia) and Careless (Senilità), and the coming-of-age films Agostino and Corruption (La corruzione) before turning his talents to a series of international anthology films, including The Dolls (Le bambole), Three Faces of a Woman (I tre volti), The Queens (Le fate) and The Witches (Le streghe). Bolognini returned to features in 1966 with Madamigella di Maupin (Mademoiselle de Maupin) featuring Catherine Spaak and Robert Hossein. His films of the 1970s include the period dramas Metello and Bubù, both starring Massimo Ranieri, The Murri Affair (Fatti di g…

Directed

1. Il bell'Antonio (1960) — Director
2. Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) — Director
3. The Witches (1967) — Director
4. Caprice Italian Style (1968) — Director
5. Husbands and Lovers (1991) — Director
6. The Lovemakers (1961) — Director
7. You're on Your Own (1959) — Director
8. The Oldest Profession (1967) — Director
9. The Big Night (1959) — Director
10. Lady of the Camelias (1981) — Director
11. Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956) — Director
12. Corruption (1963) — Director
13. The Inheritance (1976) — Director
14. The Venetian Woman (1986) — Director
15. Metello (1970) — Director
16. That Splendid November (1969) — Director
17. The Dolls (1965) — Director
18. Black Journal (1977) — Director
19. The Queens (1966) — Director
20. From a Roman Balcony (1960) — Director
21. Young Husbands (1958) — Director
22. Farewell Moscow (1987) — Director
23. Agostino (1962) — Director
24. Bubu (1971) — Director
25. Down the Ancient Stairs (1975) — Director
26. Marisa (1957) — Director
27. Chronicle of a Homicide (1972) — Director
28. The Murri Affair (1974) — Director
29. My Wife (1964) — Director
30. Mademoiselle de Maupin (1966) — Director
31. Careless (1962) — Director
32. Wild Love (1955) — Director
33. Libera, My Love (1975) — Director
34. 12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989) — Director
35. I'll See You on the Balcony (1953) — Director
36. The Three Faces (1965) — Director
37. Woman Is a Wonderful Thing (1964) — Director
38. He and She (1969) — Director
39. Arabella (1967) — Director
40. The Golden Vein (1955) — Director