Bernardo Bertolucci, Oscar-winning Italian filmmaker, dies at 77
Bernardo Bertolucci, the renowned Italian filmmaker, passed away in Rome at the age of 77. He remains the sole Italian to have received the Academy Award for Best Director for his film The Last Emperor (1987), which garnered eight Oscars. Among his significant works are Last Tango in Paris (1972) and 1900 (1976). The controversy surrounding Last Tango led to his conviction for public decency offenses in Italy. In 2007, he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 64th Venice Film Festival and received an honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2011. Born in Parma in 1941, he initially pursued poetry and served as an assistant to Pier Paolo Pasolini. The Torino Film Festival will pay tribute to him on December 2.
Key facts
- Bernardo Bertolucci died in Rome at age 77.
- He won the Oscar for Best Director for The Last Emperor (1987), the only Italian to do so.
- Last Tango in Paris (1972) was seized and censored in Italy; Bertolucci was convicted of offending public decency.
- He received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 2007 and honorary Palme d'Or in 2011.
- Born in Parma in 1941, he won the Viareggio Prize for poetry at age 20.
- He worked as an assistant to Pier Paolo Pasolini before directing La commare secca (1962).
- 1900 (1976) featured Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, and Burt Lancaster.
- Me and You (2012) was filmed in the studio of artist Sandro Chia in Trastevere, Rome.
Entities
Artists
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Marlon Brando
- Maria Schneider
- Robert De Niro
- Gérard Depardieu
- Donald Sutherland
- Sterling Hayden
- Burt Lancaster
- Dominique Sanda
- Keanu Reeves
- Tea Falco
- Sandro Chia
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Attilio Bertolucci
- Niccolò Ammaniti
- Paul Bowles
- Emanuela Martini
- Ninetta Giovanardi
- Giuseppe Bertolucci
- Giovanni Bertolucci
- Cino Del Duca
- Franco Citti
- Adriana Asti
- Dario Argento
- Sergio Leone
- Alberto Moravia
- Stefania Sandrelli
- Romolo Valli
- Roberto Benigni
- Ugo Tognazzi
- Vittorio Caprioli
- Margherita Bordino
Institutions
- Academy Awards (Oscars)
- Venice Film Festival
- Cannes Film Festival
- Sapienza University of Rome
- Premio Viareggio
- Torino Film Festival
- Cinema Massimo 3
- Artribune
- Corriere della Sera
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Parma
- Paris
- France
- New York
- United States
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Trastevere
- Louvre
- Casarola
- Appennino emiliano
- Emilia-Romagna
- China