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name: "Vittorio Taviani"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vittorio-taviani"
fi1m_id: "vittorio-taviani"
imdb_id: "nm0851754"
tmdb_id: 24281
wikidata_id: "Q10392130"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "20 September 1929"
died: "14 April 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:58:22.537034+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."
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# Vittorio Taviani

## Identity

Vittorio Taviani

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/vittorio-taviani
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** vittorio-taviani
- **IMDb ID:** nm0851754
- **TMDB ID:** 24281
- **Wikidata ID:** Q10392130
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Taviani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10392130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24281

Director. Born 20 September 1929 in San Miniato, Pisa. Died 14 April 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 20 September 1929, San Miniato, Pisa
- **Died:** 14 April 2018
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vittorio_Taviani, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10392130, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0851754/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24281

## 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

Vittorio Taviani (1929–2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter who collaborated throughout his career with his brother Paolo as the Taviani brothers.

Their films include *Padre Padrone* (1977), which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, *The Night of the Shooting Stars* (1982), for which they shared writing and directing credits and won the Grand Prix du Jury at Cannes, *Kaos* (1984) and *Caesar Must Die* (2012), which won the Golden Bear at Berlin. They began as journalists in San Miniato, Tuscany, before entering cinema in the early 1960s, initially working with Joris Ivens and Valentino Orsini.

Vittorio Taviani died in Rome in April 2018.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.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 (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Leonora addio* (2022), In Memory Of
- *Rainbow: A Private Affair* (2017), Director, Screenplay
- *Filmstudio, mon amour* (2015), as Sé stesso
- *Wondrous Boccaccio* (2015), Writer, Director
- *Tutte le storie di Piera* (2014), Actor
- *Caesar Must Die* (2012), Director, Writer
- *Resurrection* (2011), series, Director, Writer
- *The Lark Farm* (2007), Screenplay, Director
- *Luisa Sanfelice* (2004), Adaptation, Director
- *The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops* (2002), Director
- *Resurrection* (2001), Director, Writer
- *You Laugh* (1998), Director, Writer
- *Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero* (1997), Actor
- *Elective Affinities* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Fiorile* (1993), Director, Writer
- *Night Sun* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Good Morning, Babylon* (1987), Writer, Director
- *Kaos* (1984), Director, Screenplay
- *Kaos* (1984), series, Director
- *Sabatoventiquattromarzo* (1984), 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), Director, Writer
- *Under the Sign of Scorpio* (1969), Director, Writer
- *The Subversives* (1967), Director, Writer
- *Outlaws of Love* (1963), Writer, Director
- *A Man for Burning* (1962), Director, Writer
- *Italy Is Not a Poor Country* (1960), Director
- *Sicilia all'addritta* (1959), Director
- *Rotelle nello sport* (1955), Director
- *San Miniato, luglio '44* (1954), Director
- *Rivalità* (1953), Screenplay

## 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.*

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