Claudio Caligari
| Claudio Caligari | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
7 February 1948 Arona, Piedmont, Italy |
| Died |
26 May 2015 (aged 67) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Director |
Claudio Caligari (7 February 1948 – 26 May 2015) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in Arona, Piedmont, Caligari began his career as a documentarist, often collaborating with Franco Barbero; his first work was Perché droga (1975).[1] He made his feature film debut in 1983, with the drug-centered drama Toxic Love, which won the De Sica Award at the 40th Venice International Film Festival.[1][2] Only fifteen years later he directed another work, the neo-noir The Scent of the Night.[1] He completed the editing of his third and last film, Non essere cattivo, a few days before his death for a tumor.[3]
Filmography
Director and Writer
- Toxic Love (Amore tossico) (1983)
- The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) (1998)
- Don't Be Bad (Non essere cattivo) (2015)
References
- 1 2 3 Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
- ↑ "Addio a Claudio Caligari, il ricordo è di Valerio Mastandrea: "Se c'è un aldilà sono fottuto"". La Repubblica. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
External links
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