Claudio Caligari | |
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Born |
Arona, Piedmont, Italy | 7 February 1948
Died | 26 May 2015 Rome, Italy | (aged 67)
Occupation | Director |
Claudio Caligari (7 February 1948 – 26 May 2015) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
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 from a tumour. [3]
Director and Writer
Claudio Caligari | |
---|---|
Born |
Arona, Piedmont, Italy | 7 February 1948
Died | 26 May 2015 Rome, Italy | (aged 67)
Occupation | Director |
Claudio Caligari (7 February 1948 – 26 May 2015) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
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 from a tumour. [3]
Director and Writer