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Tinto Brass

Tinto Brass

Known For Directing
Birthday Mar 26, 1933 (92)
Birthplace Milan, Kingdom of Italy [now Italy]
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Oct 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 14, 2024
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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.

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Filmography

Black Angel

Black Angel

2002

as Film director

Cheeky

Cheeky

2000

as Man in Photo Shop

Frivolous Lola

Frivolous Lola

1998

as Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)

P.O. Box Tinto Brass

P.O. Box Tinto Brass

1995

as Tinto Brass

All Ladies Do It

All Ladies Do It

1992

as Comendator Scarfatti (uncredited)

Paprika

Paprika

1991

as Doctor Babarelli (uncredited)

Action

Action

1980

as regista

Black Angel

Black Angel

2002

Editor, Writer, Screenplay

Cheeky

Cheeky

2000

Writer, Editor, Story, Screenplay

Frivolous Lola

Frivolous Lola

1998

Writer, Editor, Story

P.O. Box Tinto Brass

P.O. Box Tinto Brass

1995

Screenplay, Story

The Voyeur

The Voyeur

1994

Writer, Editor, Story, Screenplay

All Ladies Do It

All Ladies Do It

1992

Editor, Story, Screenplay

Paprika

Paprika

1991

Editor, Story, Screenplay

Action

Action

1980

Screenplay

Caligula

Caligula

1979

Camera Operator, Editor

Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty

1976

Editor

Dropout

Dropout

1970

Writer, Editor

Black Angel

Black Angel

2002

Director

Cheeky

Cheeky

2000

Director

Frivolous Lola

Frivolous Lola

1998

Director

P.O. Box Tinto Brass

P.O. Box Tinto Brass

1995

Director

The Voyeur

The Voyeur

1994

Director

All Ladies Do It

All Ladies Do It

1992

Director

Paprika

Paprika

1991

Director

Action

Action

1980

Director

Caligula

Caligula

1979

Director

Salon Kitty

Salon Kitty

1976

Director

Dropout

Dropout

1970

Director

Spatiodynamisme

Spatiodynamisme

1958

Director

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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NDR Talk Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 09, 1979

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