Paolo Taviani

Paolo Taviani

DirectorWriterSecond Unit or Assistant Director
Born
November 8, 1931
Died
February 29, 2024
Awards
57 wins, 95 nominations

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…

Biography

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.

Actor

DomaniDomani(2001)as Minister

Second Unit or Assistant Director

L'Italia non è un paese poveroL'Italia non è un paese povero(1960)
La spada e la croceLa spada e la croce(1958)
L'uomo dai calzoni cortiL'uomo dai calzoni corti(1958)

Self

CittoCitto(2022)as Self
EnnioEnnio(2021)as Self
ÀrticÀrtic(2013)as Self
Dalla quercia alla palmaDalla quercia alla palma(2017)as Self
Raccontare VeneziaRaccontare Venezia(2017)as Self

Known for

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Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani in Caesar Must Die (2012)Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani in The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani in The Lark Farm (2007)Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani in Caesar Must Die (2012)Moritz Bleibtreu, Paolo Taviani, and Vittorio Taviani at an event for The Lark Farm (2007)Ethan Coen, Paolo Taviani, and Vittorio Taviani