Luigi Scattini Biography
Luigi Scattini is a figure of importance in the Italian cultural panorama of the twentieth century. Born in Turin in 1927, he graduated in Law and entered the world of journalism by collaborating with the weeklies "Gente" and "Oggi". Passionate about cinema, in 1961 he made his debut behind the camera with "La via del Carbono", a documentary film which obtained a nomination for the prestigious 1962 Oscars as best Italian documentary and won the Rai Award at the Festival dei Popoli. In 1962, during the presentation of "Puerto Sastre" in Venice, he made the film "Sexy Magic", which became his first great success on the cinema circuit. Over the years, Scattini also tried his hand at fiction cinema, directing successful films such as "Two Marines and a General" in 1965, "The Golden Sphinx" in 1967 and "The Body" in 1974.
A courageous intellectual, in the Seventies Scattini dedicated himself to a productive adventure, making important films such as "Fatti di gente perbene" in 1974, directed by Mauro Bolognini, and "Divina Creature" in 1975, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. During the Eighties, Scattini abandoned film directing to dedicate himself to the activity of dialogue writer and dubbing director, working on several international films, including "Scenes of Class Struggle in Beverly Hills" by Bartel and "Inseparables" by Cronenberg, which they earned him the award for best dubbing.
1991 represents the year of his return to documentary with "AURIGA", made on behalf of the shipping company Sidemar and dedicated to the construction of the largest cargo ship ever built in an Italian shipyard. Scattini is also the father of actress Monica Scattini, and died at the age of 83, leaving a cultural legacy that helped shape 20th-century Italian cinema.
