Orio Caldiron

Orio Caldiron was an Italian film critic, film historian and academic.

Life and career

Caldiron graduated in philosophy from the University of Padua. He is best known for the book Il cinema italiano negli anni sessanta, which was described as "a fundamental analysis of an era of massive transformation for national cinema". His works include monographies about Totò, Vittorio De Sica, Pietro Germi, Cesare Zavattini, Isa Miranda, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Giuseppe Rotunno. His last work was Sorprese di una grande stagione. Cinema, storie e miti tra Cinecittà e Hollywood.
During his career, he was editor-in-chief of the magazine Bianco e Nero, and served as president of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and as professor of film history and criticism at Sapienza University of Rome. He died on 28 March 2025, at the age of 86.