Valerio Zurlini
Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian stage and film director and screenwriter. During his law studies in Rome , he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance . Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party . He filmed short documentaries in the immediate post-war period before he directed his first feature film in 1954, The Girls of San Frediano . In 1958, Zurlini won the Nastro d'Argento together with Leonardo Benvenuti , Piero De Bernardi and Alberto Lattuada for Best Script for Lattuada's Guendalina . Zurlini made his name as a director with his second feature film, Violent Summer (1959), starring Eleonora Rossi Drago and Jean Louis Trintignant . In 1961, Zurlini filmed Girl with a Suitcase , starring Claudia Cardinale , who became a film star in Italy, and Jacques Perrin , who would become Zurlini's favorite actor. His 1962 film Family Diary earned Zurlini the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival (it tied with Tarkovsky 's Ivan's Childhood ). Both The Girls of San Frediano and Family Diary were based on Vasco Pratolini 's work.
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
| VValerio Zurlini, peintre des sentiments2024 · Actor | Actor |
 The Years of Lost Images2012 · Self | Self |
 Marcello, una vita dolce2006 · Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 The Desert of the Tartars1976 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 Indian Summer1972 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 La promessa1970 · Screenplay, Director | Screenplay, Director |
 Black Jesus1968 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 The Camp Followers1965 · Director, Writer | Director, Writer |
 Family Diary1962 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 Girl with a Suitcase1961 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 Violent Summer1959 · Director, Screenplay | Director, Screenplay |
 The Girls of San Frediano1955 · Director | Director |
| SSerenata da un soldo1952 · Director | Director |
| SSoldati in città1952 · Director | Director |
| TThe Station1952 · Director | Director |
| MMercato delle facce1952 · Director | Director |
 Pugilatori1951 · Director | Director |