biography
| name: |
Bertolucci, Bernardo
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pronunciation:
[bertohloochee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1941– )
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| biography:
| Film director, born in Parma, N Italy. He became an assistant to Pier Paolo Pasolini on Accatone (1961). His collection of poetry, In cerca del mistero (1962, In Search of Mystery), won the Premio Viareggio Prize, and he made his directorial debut the same year with La commare seca (The Grim Reaper). The success of Il conformista (1970, The Conformist) and Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972, Last Tango in Paris) allowed him to make the Marxist epic Novecento (1976, 1900). After a number of unrealized projects during the 1980s, The Last Emperor (1987) won nine Oscars. Later films include Stealing Beauty (1996), Besieged (1998), and Training Day (2001). |
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