Tinto Brass

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-03-26 (92 years old)

Place of Birth

Milan, Kingdom of Italy [now Italy]

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

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • Frivolous Lola

    Frivolous Lola

  • All Ladies Do It

    All Ladies Do It

  • The Key

    The Key

  • Black Angel

    Black Angel

  • Cheeky

    Cheeky

  • Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

    Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

  • Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1

    Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1

  • Snack Bar Budapest

    Snack Bar Budapest

  • Istintobrass

    Istintobrass

  • Hold My Wrists Tight

    Hold My Wrists Tight

  • Blessed Transgression!

    Blessed Transgression!

  • Erotic Short Circuits Vol.2

    Erotic Short Circuits Vol.2

  • Unchaste Relationships

    Unchaste Relationships

  • Erotic Short Circuits Vol.4

    Erotic Short Circuits Vol.4

  • Case Chiuse

    Case Chiuse

  • Erotic Short Circuits Vol.3

    Erotic Short Circuits Vol.3

  • Behind The Scenes of Caligula

    Behind The Scenes of Caligula

  • Kick the Cock

    Kick the Cock

  • P.O. Box Tinto Brass

    P.O. Box Tinto Brass

  • Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero

    Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero

  • Woman Is a Wonderful Thing

    Woman Is a Wonderful Thing

  • Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2

    Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2

  • Tempo lavorativo

    Tempo lavorativo

  • The Last Subway

    The Last Subway

  • Dream

    Dream

  • Quattro

    Quattro

  • Paprika

    Paprika

  • Crazy Dog

    Crazy Dog

  • Impotenti esistenziali

    Impotenti esistenziali

  • My Roman Holiday With John Steiner

    My Roman Holiday With John Steiner

  • The Howl

    The Howl

  • Ladybird

    Ladybird

  • La rabbia

    La rabbia

  • Burning Love

    Burning Love

  • I Am the Way You Want Me

    I Am the Way You Want Me

  • A Magic Mirror

    A Magic Mirror

  • Candlewick

    Candlewick

  • Il nostro messia

    Il nostro messia

  • Action

    Action

  • Tempo libero

    Tempo libero

  • Western all'italiana

    Western all'italiana

  • Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

    Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

  • A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'

    A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'

  • Weekend in Lecco

    Weekend in Lecco

  • Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 3

    Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 3

  • Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema

    Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema

  • Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax

    Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax

  • Roberto Rossellini - Più di una vita

    Roberto Rossellini - Più di una vita

  • Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power

    Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power

  • Private

    Private

  • Monamour

    Monamour

  • Il nostro messia

    Il nostro messia

  • Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 4 - Improper Liaisons

    Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 4 - Improper Liaisons

  • Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 - Julia

    Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 - Julia

  • Voyeur

    Voyeur