Claudio Caligari

Director

Born: February 7, 1948 (67 years old)

Died: May 26, 2015

Place of birth: Arona, Italy

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)

Filmography (3)

• The Scent of the Night (1998, ★ 7.3)
• Toxic Love (1983, ★ 7.3)
• Don't Be Bad (2015, ★ 7.8)