Claudio Caligari


Claudio Caligari was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Arona, Piedmont, Caligari began his career as a documentarist, often collaborating with Franco Barbero; his first work was Perché droga. 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 |The Scent of the Night]. He completed the editing of his third and last film, Non [essere cattivo], a few days before his death from a tumour.

Filmography

Director and Writer