Tinto Brass

Tinto Brass
Tinto Brass and Caterina Varzi at the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born	Giovanni Brass (1933-03-26) 26 March 1933 (age 83) Milan, Italy
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1963–present
Spouse(s)	Carla Cipriani (1957 - 2006; her death)
Awards	Venice Film Festival: Best Italian Film 1971. For La Vacanza. HRIFF: Award of Excellence 2012. For Brass' early works.
Website	http://www.tintobrass.it/

Giovanni Brass (born 26 March 1933), better known as Tinto Brass, is an Italian filmmaker. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the erotic genre, with films such as Caligula, Così fan tutte (released under the English title All Ladies Do It), Paprika, Monella (Frivolous Lola) and Trasgredire.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Brass was considered a promising experimental and avant-garde director, and his debut film Who Works Is Lost got very favorable reviews after screening at Venice Film Festival 1963. In 1964, he was commissioned by Umberto Eco to create two short films experimenting with visual language for the 13th Triennale di Milano – Tempo Libero and Tempo Lavorativo. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, Brass directed films in many genres, including western (Yankee) and crime (Col cuore in gola), all using a very experimental editing- and camera-style. In 1968, Paramount Pictures offered Brass the job of directing A Clockwork Orange, which did not happen due to scheduling conflicts. In an article about the filming of Dropout from 1970, he was called the "Antonioni of the 70s". His early period has been referred to as "rebellios [sic], anarchistic and experimental".