Paolo Taviani

Biography

Paolo Taviani (8 November 1931 – 29 February 2024) and Vittorio Taviani (20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions. At the Cannes Film Festival, the Taviani brothers won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI prize for Padre Padrone in 1977 and the Grand Prix du Jury for La notte di San Lorenzo (The Night of the Shooting Stars, 1982). In 2012 they won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with Caesar Must Die. Vittorio Taviani died on 15 April 2018 at the age of 88. Both born in San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy, the Taviani brothers began their careers as journalists. In 1960 they came to the world of cinema, directing with Joris Ivens the documentary L'Italia non è un paese povero (Italy is not a poor country). They went on to direct two films with Valentino Orsini, Un uomo da bruciare (A Man to Burn) (1962) and I fuorilegge del matrimonio (Outlaws of Marriage) (1963). Their first autonomous film was I sovversivi (The Subversives, 1967), with which they anticipated the events of 1968. With actor Gian Maria Volonté they gained attention with Sot…

Directed

1. Caesar Must Die (2012) — Director
2. Rainbow: A Private Affair (2017) — Director
3. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) — Director
4. Padre Padrone (1977) — Director
5. Wondrous Boccaccio (2015) — Director
6. Kaos (1984) — Director
7. Allonsanfan (1974) — Director
8. Leonora addio (2022) — Director
9. Good Morning, Babylon (1987) — Director
10. The Lark Farm (2007) — Director
11. Fiorile (1993) — Director
12. Night Sun (1990) — Director
13. Elective Affinities (1996) — Director
14. St. Michael Had a Rooster (1972) — Director
15. Under the Sign of Scorpio (1969) — Director
16. You Laugh (1998) — Director
17. Resurrection (2001) — Director
18. The Meadow (1979) — Director
19. A Man for Burning (1962) — Director
20. The Subversives (1967) — Director
21. Luisa Sanfelice (2004) — Director
22. Outlaws of Love (1963) — Director
23. Italy Is Not a Poor Country (1960) — Director
24. San Miniato, luglio '44 (1954) — Director
25. Rotelle nello sport (1955) — Director
26. Sicilia all'addritta (1959) — Director
27. The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops (2002) — Director
28. Sabatoventiquattromarzo (1984) — Director
29. Kaos (1984) — Director
30. Resurrection (2011) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Ennio (2022) — Self
2. Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017) — Self
3. Tomorrow (2001) — Minister
4. The True Life of Antonio H. (1994) — Self
5. Senza Lucio (2015) — Self
6. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
7. Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero (1997)
8. Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) — Self
9. Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014) — Self
10. We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism (2013) — Self
11. I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto (2004) — Self
12. Good Morning, the Wind Blows (2020) — Self
13. Tutte le storie di Piera (2014)
14. Filmers buiten het gareel (1969) — Self