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Italian directors Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani stand together as Vittorio holds the Golden Bear trophy in front of a colorful Berlin International Film Festival backdrop.
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Vittorio Taviani

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Italian directors Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani stand together as Vittorio holds the Golden Bear trophy in front of a colorful Berlin International Film Festival backdrop.
Taviani brothers Paolo (left) and Vittorio Taviani after winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Caesar Must Die, 2012.

Vittorio Taviani was an Italian filmmaker, known for his collaborations with his brother Paolo. Together, they were celebrated for blending the social consciousness of Neorealism with poetic visual and aural elements.1

The Taviani brothers were inspired by Roberto Rossellini's Neorealist film Paisan and began their careers making documentaries. Their first feature film, A Man for the Burning (1962), was a portrait of a murdered trade union leader.1

Their notable films include Father Master (1977), based on the life of an illiterate shepherd, and their masterpiece The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), a wartime memory piece. Their later work, such as Caesar Must Die (2012), which won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, continued to explore compelling narratives. Vittorio Taviani passed away in 2018.1

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