Paolo Taviani(1931-2024)

Director
Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Paolo Taviani studied liberal arts at the University of Pisa, becoming interested in the cinema after seeing Roberto Rossellini's Paisan (1946). After writing and directing short films and plays with his brother Vittorio, he made his first feature in 1962. The brothers have continued to work together ever since, with each directing alternate scenes with the other watching but never interfering.

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Awards
- 57 wins & 38 nominations total

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Known for

The Night of the Shooting Stars

7.2

Director

1982

Caesar Must Die

7.3

Director

2012

Padre Padrone

7.2

Director

1977

A Man for Burning

6.6

Director

1962

Credits

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Director

Leonora addio
6.3
- Director
- 2022
Rainbow: A Private Affair
6.1
- Director
- 2017
Wondrous Boccaccio
5.8
- Director
- 2015
Caesar Must Die
7.3
- Director
- 2012
The Lark Farm
6.5
- Director
- 2007
Luisa Sanfelice
6.0
TV Movie
- Director
- 2004
La primavera del 2002 - L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma
4.9
Video
- Director
- 2002
Resurrection
6.8
TV Movie
- Director
- 2001
You Laugh
6.7
- Director
- 1998
Elective Affinities
6.1
- Director
- 1996
Fiorile
6.8
- Director
- 1993
Night Sun
7.1
- Director
- 1990
Good Morning Babylon
6.7
- Director
- 1987
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
- Director
- 1984
Kaos
7.8
- Director
- 1984

Writer

Leonora addio
6.3
- Writer
- 2022
Rainbow: A Private Affair
6.1
- screenplay
- 2017
Wondrous Boccaccio
5.8
- screenplay
- 2015
Caesar Must Die
7.3
- screenplay
- 2012
The Lark Farm
6.5
- Writer
- 2007
Luisa Sanfelice
6.0
TV Movie
- adaptation
- 2004
Resurrection
6.8
TV Movie
- Writer
- 2001
You Laugh
6.7
- screenplay
- 1998
Elective Affinities
6.1
- Writer
- 1996
Fiorile
6.8
- story
- screenplay
- 1993
Night Sun
7.1
- screenplay
- 1990
Good Morning Babylon
6.7
- story (screenplay)
- 1987
Kaos
7.8
- screenplay (as Paolo)
- 1984
The Night of the Shooting Stars
7.2
- screenplay (as Paolo)
- 1982
The Meadow
6.6
- writer
- 1979

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Personal details

Official sites
- BFI
- Doc_org
Alternative names
- Paolo
Born
- November 8, 1931
- San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy
Died
- February 29, 2024
- Rome, Italy
Spouse
- Lina Nerli Taviani? - February 29, 2024 (his death, 2 children)
Children
Relatives
Publicity listings
- 1 Interview

Did you know

Trivia
Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 41st Venice International Film Festival in 1984.

Quotes
[when the brothers Taviani decided to become filmmakers] We walked into a movie theater called Cinema Italia, which no longer exists, and there was a film playing called Paisan (1946) that we had never heard of. (...) We had experienced the war as kids, and very deeply. But what we were seeing on screen made that reality so much clearer for us. This movie was telling us things about ourselves that we did not know. So we said to ourselves: 'If cinema has this strength, this power to reveal to ourselves our own truths, then we will make movies!' [Variety, 2016]