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Filmmaker · Italy

Bernardo Bertolucci

Died in 2018

Bernardo Bertolucci was born in Parma on 16 March 1941, the son of the poet and critic Attilio Bertolucci. He received the Viareggio Prize for his first book of poems. An assistant to Pier Paolo Pasolini, he directed in 1962 his first feature film, based on a story by Pasolini. He worked for a long time with the cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. In 1988 he received the Academy Award for Best Director and for Best Adapted Screenplay, and died in Rome on 26 November 2018.

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