- Born
- Died
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
- SpouseLina Nerli Taviani(? - February 29, 2024) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesVittorio Taviani(Sibling)Franco Brogi Taviani(Sibling)Francesca Taviani(Niece or Nephew)Giovanna Taviani(Niece or Nephew)
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 41st Venice International Film Festival in 1984.
- Recipient of the 'Sergei Parajanov Award' of the Yerevan International Film Festival.
- [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]
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