About

Known credits:
67
Birthday:
1922-06-28
Place of birth:
Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Website:
N/A

Mauro Bolognini

Overview

Mauro Bolognini (28 June 1922 – 14 May 2001) was an Italian film and stage director.

Bolognini began directing his own feature films in the mid-1950s, and received his first international success with Wild Love (Gli innamorati). His other notable films of the 1950s and early 1960s include Young Husbands (Giovani mariti), The Big Night (La notte brava), From a Roman Balcony (La giornata balorda), and the Marcello Mastroianni-Claudia Cardinale starrer Il bell'Antonio, all written by Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Parting professionally with Pasolini in 1961, Bolognini directed two love stories starring Claudia Cardinale, The Lovemakers (La viaccia) and Careless (Senilità), and the coming-of-age films Agostino and Corruption (La corruzione) before turning his talents to a series of international anthology films, including The Dolls (Le bambole), Three Faces of a Woman (I tre volti), The Queens (Le fate) and The Witches (Le streghe).

Bolognini returned to features in 1966 with Madamigella di Maupin (Mademoiselle de Maupin) featuring Catherine Spaak and Robert Hossein. His films of the 1970s include the period dramas Metello and Bubù, both starring Massimo Ranieri, The Murri Affair (Fatti di gente perbene) starring Giancarlo Giannini and Catherine Deneuve and The Inheritance (L'eredità Ferramonti) with Anthony Quinn and Dominique Sanda.

In 1981, Bolognini filmed The Lady of the Camellias (La storia vera della signora delle camelie), inspired by the Alexandre Dumas, fils novel and play. Throughout the decade, he continued directing feature films, as well as the television miniseries The Charterhouse of Parma and A Time of Indifference. His final feature was the soft-core erotic drama Husband and Lovers (La villa del venerdì) starring Julian Sands and Joanna Pacula, released in 1991.

Known for

Directing
1991 Husbands and Lovers Directing Director 59
Average
1991 Time of Indifference Directing Director N/A
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1989 12 Directors for 12 Cities Directing Director 58
Average
1987 Farewell Moscow Directing Director 59
Average
1986 The Venetian Woman Directing Director 58
Average
1982 The Charterhouse of Parma Directing Director 70
Good
1981 Lady of the Camelias Directing Director 59
Average
1981 La Storia Vera Della Signora Dalle Camelie Directing Director N/A
N/A
1978 Where Are You Going on Holiday? Directing Director 58
Average
1977 Black Journal Directing Director 58
Average
1976 The Inheritance Directing Director 59
Average
1975 Down the Ancient Stairs Directing Director 58
Average
1975 Libera, My Love Directing Director 58
Average
1974 The Murri Affair Directing Director 59
Average
1972 Chronicle of a Homicide Directing Director 58
Average
1971 Bubu Directing Director 58
Average
1970 Metello Directing Director 58
Average
1969 He and She Directing Director 58
Average
1969 That Splendid November Directing Director 58
Average
1968 Caprice Italian Style Directing Director 59
Average
1967 Arabella Directing Director 59
Average
1967 The Oldest Profession Directing Director 58
Average
1967 The Witches Directing Director 59
Average
1966 The Queens Directing Director 58
Average
1966 Mademoiselle de Maupin Directing Director 58
Average
1965 The Three Faces Directing Director 58
Average
1965 The Dolls Directing Director 58
Average
1964 Woman Is a Wonderful Thing Directing Director 59
Average
1964 My Wife Directing Director 59
Average
1963 Corruption Directing Director 59
Average
1962 Agostino Directing Director 58
Average
1962 Careless Directing Director 59
Average
1961 The Lovemakers Directing Director 59
Average
1960 From a Roman Balcony Directing Director 59
Average
1960 Handsome Antonio Directing Director 60
Fair
1959 The Big Night Directing Director 58
Average
1959 You're on Your Own Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Young Husbands Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Marisa Directing Director 58
Average
1956 Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo Directing Director 59
Average
1955 The Golden Vein Directing Director 59
Average
1955 Wild Love Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Knights of the Queen Directing Director N/A
N/A
1953 I'll See You on the Balcony Directing Director 58
Average
1953 Ho scelto l'amore Directing Second Assistant Director 59
Average
1953 Lasciateci in pace Directing Assistant Director N/A
N/A
1952 The City Stands Trial Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1951 Rome-Paris-Rome Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1950 The White Line Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1949 Campane a martello Directing First Assistant Director 59
Average
1948 Difficult Years Directing Second Assistant Director 59
Average

Writing
1987 Farewell Moscow Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1986 The Venetian Woman Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1975 Libera, My Love Writing Writer 58
Average
1971 Bubu Writing Writer 58
Average
1970 Metello Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1969 He and She Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1962 Agostino Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1962 Careless Writing Writer 59
Average
1958 Young Husbands Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1957 Marisa Writing Story 58
Average
1957 Marisa Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1955 The Golden Vein Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1955 Wild Love Writing Writer 59
Average
1954 Knights of the Queen Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1953 Passionate song Writing Screenplay N/A
N/A
1953 I'll See You on the Balcony Writing Screenplay 58
Average