Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti, director, writer - Milan, November 2, 1906 - Rome, March 17, 1976.

Luchino Visconti began as Jean Renoir's assistant in 1963. Visconti's first film as a director was Ossessione (1943). In 1948, he wrote and directed La terra trema (The Earth Trembles), from the novel I Malavoglia by Giovanni Verga. Other notable films:

• Bellissima (1952)
• Senso (Livia) (1954)
• Le notti bianche (White Nights) (1957)
• Rocco e i suoi fratelli (Rocco and His Brothers) (1960)
• Il Gattopardo (The Leopard) (1963)
• Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa (Sandra of a Thousand Delights) (1965)
• La caduta degli dei (The Damned) (1969)
• Morte a Venezia (Death in Venice) (1971)
• Ludwig (1972)
• Gruppo di famiglia in un interno (Conversation Piece) (1974)
• L'Innocente (The Innocent) (1976)

Visconti was also a celebrated theatre director. During the years 1946-1960 he directed many performances of the Rina Morelli-Paolo Stoppa Company, and several operas.