--- name: "Paolo Taviani" canonical: "https://film.one/person/paolo-taviani" fi1m_id: "paolo-taviani" imdb_id: "nm0851752" tmdb_id: 24279 wikidata_id: "Q7008165" roles: ["Director"] born: "8 November 1931" died: "29 February 2024" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T00:58:17.946259+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Paolo Taviani ## Identity Paolo Taviani - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paolo-taviani - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** paolo-taviani - **IMDb ID:** nm0851752 - **TMDB ID:** 24279 - **Wikidata ID:** Q7008165 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Taviani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7008165, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851752/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24279 Director. Born 8 November 1931 in San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy. Died 29 February 2024. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 8 November 1931, San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy - **Died:** 29 February 2024 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Taviani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7008165, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851752/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24279 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Night of the Shooting Stars*](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-shooting-stars.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Paolo Taviani (1931–2024) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who worked in close collaboration with his older brother Vittorio Taviani for over five decades. Born in San Miniato, Tuscany, the brothers began their careers as journalists before entering cinema in the early 1960s. Their films often explored political and social themes, frequently adapting literary works. Together they directed *Padre Padrone* (1977), which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and *The Night of the Shooting Stars* (1982), which received the Grand Prix du Jury at the same festival. Later successes included *Caesar Must Die* (2012), winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin. After Vittorio’s death in 2018, Paolo directed *Leonora addio* (2022) as a solo project. *Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Night of the Shooting Stars* (1982), Fi1m 87, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-shooting-stars.md) ## Complete filmography (36) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Leonora addio* (2022), Director, Writer - *Rainbow: A Private Affair* (2017), Director, Screenplay - *Wondrous Boccaccio* (2015), Writer, Director - *Tutte le storie di Piera* (2014), Actor - *Caesar Must Die* (2012), Director, Screenplay - *Resurrection* (2011), series, Director, Writer - *The Lark Farm* (2007), Screenplay, Director - *La masseria delle allodole* (2007), Stage Director, Writer - *Luisa Sanfelice* (2004), Director, Writer - *The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops* (2002), Director - *Resurrection* (2001), Director, Writer - *Tomorrow* (2001), as Minister - *You Laugh* (1998), Director, Writer - *Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero* (1997), Actor - *Elective Affinities* (1996), Director, Writer - *Fiorile* (1993), Writer, Director - *Night Sun* (1990), Director, Writer - *Good Morning, Babylon* (1987), Director, Writer - *Kaos* (1984), Director, Screenplay - *Sabatoventiquattromarzo* (1984), Director - *Kaos* (1984), series, Director - *The Night of the Shooting Stars* (1982), Director, Writer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-night-of-the-shooting-stars.md) - *The Meadow* (1979), Director, Writer - *Padre Padrone* (1977), Director, Writer - *Allonsanfan* (1974), Director, Screenplay, Story - *St. Michael Had a Rooster* (1972), Screenplay, Director - *Under the Sign of Scorpio* (1969), Director, Writer - *The Subversives* (1967), Director, Writer - *Outlaws of Love* (1963), Director, Writer - *A Man for Burning* (1962), Director, Writer - *Italy Is Not a Poor Country* (1960), Director - *Sicilia all'addritta* (1959), Director - *The Sword and the Cross* (1958), First Assistant Director - *L'uomo dai calzoni corti* (1958), First Assistant Director - *Rotelle nello sport* (1955), Director - *San Miniato, luglio '44* (1954), Director ## Gallery - ![Paolo Taviani](https://film.one/media/person/3923698/gallery-0cced0e10889.jpg) Paolo Taviani — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Paolo_Taviani_-_Berlinale_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Paolo Taviani at Berlinale 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3923698/gallery-a88f9436af59.jpg) Paolo Taviani at Berlinale 2022 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Paolo_Taviani_at_Berlinale_2022.jpg/1280px-Paolo_Taviani_at_Berlinale_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Paolo Taviani and Fabrizio Ferracane at Berlinale 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3923698/gallery-c100e76f3984.jpg) Paolo Taviani and Fabrizio Ferracane at Berlinale 2022 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Paolo_Taviani_and_Fabrizio_Ferracante_at_Berlinale_2022.jpg/1280px-Paolo_Taviani_and_Fabrizio_Ferracante_at_Berlinale_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Paolo Taviani at Press Conference of Leonora Addio, Berlinale 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3923698/gallery-3e366720c0e1.jpg) Paolo Taviani at Press Conference of Leonora Addio, Berlinale 2022 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Paolo_Taviani_at_Press_Conference%2C_Berlinale_2022_Picture_3.jpg/1280px-Paolo_Taviani_at_Press_Conference%2C_Berlinale_2022_Picture_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Paolo Taviani at Press Conference of Leonora Addio, Berlinale 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3923698/gallery-4ccd55a38353.jpg) Paolo Taviani at Press Conference of Leonora Addio, Berlinale 2022 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Paolo_Taviani_at_Press_Conference%2C_Berlinale_2022_Picture_1.jpg/1280px-Paolo_Taviani_at_Press_Conference%2C_Berlinale_2022_Picture_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Paolo Taviani at Press Conference of Leonora Addio, Berlinale 2022](https://film.one/media/person/3923698/gallery-891afe5be365.jpg) Paolo Taviani at Press Conference of Leonora Addio, Berlinale 2022 — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Paolo_Taviani_at_Press_Conference%2C_Berlinale_2022.jpg/1280px-Paolo_Taviani_at_Press_Conference%2C_Berlinale_2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 0 won, 3 nominated - European Film Award for Best Director 2012: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *Caesar Must Die* - European Film Award for Best Film 2012: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Caesar Must Die* - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2012: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Caesar Must Die* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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