Known For
Directing
Born
Mar 26, 1933
Place of Birth
Milan, Kingdom of Italy [now Italy]
Credits
80 titles
Tinto Brass
Biography
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. 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. After Salon Kitty (1976) and Caligula (1979), the style of his films gradually changed towards erotic films. Caligula was originally supposed to be a satire on power instead of an erotic film, but the producers changed and re-edited the film entirely without Brass's consent, removing many political and comical scenes, and shooting sexually explicit sequences, to make the film a pornographic drama. The director demanded that his name be stricken from the credits, and he is only credited for "Principal Photography". Despite this, the film remains his most widely viewed work (and the highest-grossing Italian film released in the United States). Other notable works of Brass's later period include The Key (1983) and Senso '45 (2002). He was making films into his seventies.
Known For
Filmography
Roberto Rossellini - Living Without A Script
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
Himself
Burning Love
Self
Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema
Self
Istintobrass
Self
Crazy Dog
il dottore
Case Chiuse
Hotel Courbet
Writer
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Impotenti esistenziali
De Fortis
Kick the Cock
The Boss
Il nostro messia
Critico
Il nostro messia
Critico
La rabbia
Primo produttore
Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power
Self
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
Self - Archive Footage
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Self
Monamour
Man with Cigar (uncredited)
Western all'italiana
Private
Voyeur
Black Angel
Film Director
Unchaste Relationships
Cheeky
Man in Photo Shop
Candlewick
Defense attorney
Dream
Presenter / Lifeguard
Ladybird
Jehova's Witness
A Magic Mirror
Porter
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2 - Quattro
Presenter
The Last Subway
Presenter
Blessed Transgression!
Presenter
Julia
Presenter
Hold My Wrists Tight
The Priest
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 4 - Improper Liaisons
Presenter
Weekend in Lecco
Stationmaster
I Am the Way You Want Me
Presenter
Voyeur
Presenter
Quattro
Presenter
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 3 - Hold My Wrists Tight
Presenter
Improper Liaisons
Presenter
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 - Julia
Presenter
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.2
Presenter
Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1
Presenter
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.3
Presenter / Jehova's Witness
Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 4
Presenter
Frivolous Lola
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero
P.O. Box Tinto Brass
Tinto Brass
The Voyeur
Eurotrash