Paolo Taviani
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 8, 1931, San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy
- Died
- February 29, 2024
- Movies
- 42
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).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Ennio | Self |
| 2020 | Good Morning, the Wind Blows | Self |
| 2017 | Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life | Self |
| 2015 | Senza Lucio | Self |
| 2014 | Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione | Self |
| 2014 | Tutte le storie di Piera | |
| 2013 | We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism | Self |
| 2004 | I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto | Self |
| 2002 | Heart of the Festival | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Tomorrow | Minister |
| 1997 | Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero | |
| 1994 | The True Life of Antonio H. | Self |
| 1969 | Filmers buiten het gareel | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2022 | Leonora addio | Director, Writer |
| 2017 | Rainbow: A Private Affair | Director, Screenplay |
| 2015 | Wondrous Boccaccio | Writer, Director |
| 2012 | Caesar Must Die | Director, Screenplay |
| 2007 | The Lark Farm | Screenplay, Director |
| 2007 | La masseria delle allodole | Writer |
| 2004 | Luisa Sanfelice | Director, Writer |
| 2002 | The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops | Director |
| 2001 | Resurrection | Director, Writer |
| 1998 | You Laugh | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | Elective Affinities | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | Fiorile | Writer, Director |
| 1990 | Night Sun | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Good Morning, Babylon | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Kaos | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | Sabatoventiquattromarzo | Director |
| 1982 | The Night of the Shooting Stars | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | The Meadow | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Padre Padrone | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Allonsanfan | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | St. Michael Had a Rooster | Screenplay, Director |
| 1969 | Under the Sign of Scorpio | Director, Writer |
| 1967 | The Subversives | Director, Writer |
| 1963 | Outlaws of Love | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | A Man for Burning | Director, Writer |
| 1960 | Italy Is Not a Poor Country | Director |
| 1959 | Sicilia all'addritta | Director |
| 1955 | Rotelle nello sport | Director |
| 1954 | San Miniato, luglio '44 | Director |
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