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Valerio Zurlini

Valerio Zurlini

Director

Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian stage and film director and screenwriter. During his law studies in Rome , he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance . Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party . He filmed short documentaries in the immediate post-war period before he directed his first feature film in 1954, The Girls of San Frediano . In 1958, Zurlini won the Nastro d'Argento together with Leonardo Benvenuti , Piero De Bernardi and Alberto Lattuada for Best Script for Lattuada's Guendalina . Zurlini made his name as a director with his second feature film, Violent Summer (1959), starring Eleonora Rossi Drago and Jean Louis Trintignant . In 1961, Zurlini filmed Girl with a Suitcase , starring Claudia Cardinale , who became a film star in Italy, and Jacques Perrin , who would become Zurlini's favorite actor. His 1962 film Family Diary earned Zurlini the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival (it tied with Tarkovsky 's Ivan's Childhood ). Both The Girls of San Frediano and Family Diary were based on Vasco Pratolini 's work.

Born: March 19, 1926 in Bologna, Italy

Died: October 26, 1982 (Age 56)

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Valerio Zurlini  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.8
ActorSelf (archive footage)2006
Movie
5.8
ActorSelf2012
Movie
Actor2023
Movie
6.4
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Story1968
Movie
7
DirectingScreenplay, Director1962
Movie
7.3
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Story1961
Movie
6.5
WritingStory1957
Movie
7.2
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Story1972
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector1955
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector, Writer1965
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector, Screenplay1976
Movie
7.1
DirectingScreenplay, Director, Story1959
Movie
6.8
DirectingCo-Director1969
Movie
DirectingDirector
Short Film
6.8
DirectingDirector1952
Short Film
6.7
DirectingDirector1951
Movie
6.1
DirectingDirector, Screenplay, Editor1970
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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