Claudio Caligari

Claudio Caligari (7 February 1948 – 26 May 2015) was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Born in Arona, Piedmont, Caligari began his career as a documentarist, often collaborating with Franco Barbero; his first work was Perché droga (1975). He made his feature film debut in 1983, with the drug-centered drama Toxic Love, which won the De Sica Award at the 40th Venice International Film Festival. Only fifteen years later he directed another work, the neo-noir The Scent of the Night. He completed the editing of his third and last film, Non essere cattivo, a few days before his death from a tumour.

Director and Writer

• Lotte nel Belice (1977)
• Toxic Love (Amore tossico) (1983)
• The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) (1998)
• Don't Be Bad (Non essere cattivo) (2015)