Vittorio Taviani

Cast · Writer · Director

Born

September 20, 1929 · San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy

Died

April 15, 2018

Vittorio Taviani studied law 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 Paolo, 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.