Claudio Caligari
- Directing
- February 7, 1948 · Arona, Italy
- May 26, 2015
Biography
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).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. Only fifteen years later he directed another work, the neo-noir The Scent of the Night. He completed the editing of his third and last film, Non essere cattivo, a few days before his death for a tumor. (wikipedia)
Known for
Filmography
- Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival (Rushes) · Assistant Director
- Don't Be Bad · Story, Screenplay
- The Scent of the Night · Director, Screenplay
- Toxic Love · Director, Writer
- La follia della rivoluzione · Director
- La parte bassa · Director, Writer
- Perché droga · Writer