Paolo Taviani

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-11-08 (93 years old)

Deathday

2024-02-29

Place of Birth

San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy

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, I...

Production

2007

The Lark Farm

as Director

2007

The Lark Farm

as Screenplay

2022

Leonora addio

as Director

1993

Fiorile

as Director

1993

Fiorile

as Writer

1977

Padre Padrone

as Director

1984

Kaos

as Director

1990

Night Sun

as Director

1996

1987

1972

1974

Allonsanfan

as Director

2012

Caesar Must Die

as Director

2012

Caesar Must Die

as Screenplay

1998

You Laugh

as Director

1979

The Meadow

as Director

2004

Luisa Sanfelice

as Director

2004

2001

Resurrection

as Director

1962

1967

The Subversives

as Director

1967

1984

Kaos

as Screenplay

1958

The Sword and the Cross

as First Assistant Director

2015

2015

1990

Night Sun

as Writer

1977

Padre Padrone

as Writer

1996

2022

Leonora addio

as Writer

1963

Outlaws of Love

as Director

1963

1974

Allonsanfan

as Story

1974

Allonsanfan

as Screenplay

1958

L'uomo dai calzoni corti

as First Assistant Director

1998

You Laugh

as Writer

1955

1959

1979

The Meadow

as Writer

1962

2017

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