Paolo Taviani
Italian film director, screenwriter and producer (1931-2024)
5.41body-of-work score · ranked #186 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- November 8, 1931 · San Miniato
- Died
- February 29, 2024 · Rome
- Nationality
- Italy
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1977 · Italy · drama
Palme d'Or winner 1977 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1982 #10 · Kurosawa's 100 favorite films
2.124 citations - 2The Night of the Shooting StarsLa notte di San Lorenzo
1982 · Italy · drama
Cannes Grand Prix winner 1982 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1983 #10
1.042 citations - 3Good Morning, BabylonGood Morning Babilonia
1987 · France / Italy · drama
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1987 #1
1.001 citation - 41.001 citation
- 50.251 citation
Complete filmography
All 26 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1958The Sword and the Cross
- 1960L'Italie n'est pas un pays pauvre
- 1962A Man for Burning
- 1963Outlaws of Love
- 1967The Subversives
- 1969Under the Sign of Scorpio
- 1972St. Michael Had a Rooster
- 1974Allonsanfàn
- 1977Padre Padrone
- 1979Il prato
- 1982The Night of the Shooting Stars
- 1984Kaos
- 1986Icam: 300 Giorni
- 1987Good Morning, Babylon
- 1990The Sun Also Shines at Night
- 1993Fiorile
- 1996The Elective Affinities
- 1998You Laugh
- 2001Another World Is Possible
- 2001Resurrection
- 2004Luisa Sanfelice
- 2007La Masseria Delle Allodole
- 2012Caesar Must Die
- 2015Wondrous Boccaccio
- 2017Rainbow: A Private Affair
- 2022Leonora addio