Tinto Brass
Directing • Born 1933-03-26
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.
Filmography
56 credits
Private
Movie • 2003
Voyeur
Monamour
Movie • 2005
Man with Cigar (uncredited)
Impotenti esistenziali
Movie • 2009
De Fortis
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.2
Movie • 1998
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.3
Movie • 1998
Candlewick
Movie • 1999
Defense attorney
Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero
Movie • 1997
La rabbia
Movie • 2008
Primo produttore
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.4
Movie • 1999
Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1
Movie • 1998
Crazy Dog
Movie • 2012
il dottore
Woman Is a Wonderful Thing
Movie • 1964
Mario (segment "Una donna dolce, dolce") (uncredited)
Kick the Cock
Movie • 2008
The Boss
Frivolous Lola
Movie • 1998
Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
Movie • 1981
Self - Director
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Movie • 2006
Self
The Key
Movie • 1983
Father Confessor
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
Movie • 2007
Self - Archive Footage
Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power
Movie • 2007
Self
Istintobrass
Movie • 2013
Self
Tempo lavorativo
Movie • 1964
Tempo libero
Movie • 1964
Il nostro messia
Movie • 2008
Critico
Il nostro messia
Movie • 2008
Critico
Weekend in Lecco
Movie • 1999
Stationmaster
Ladybird
Movie • 1999
Jehova's Witness
Hold My Wrists Tight
Movie • 1999
The Priest
Blessed Transgression!
Movie • 1999
Dream
Movie • 1999
Presenter / Lifeguard
P.O. Box Tinto Brass
Movie • 1995
Tinto Brass
Cheeky
Movie • 2000
Man in Photo Shop
Case Chiuse
Movie • 2011
Unchaste Relationships
Movie • 2002
Black Angel
Movie • 2002
Film director
Improper Liaisons
Movie • 1999
Presenter
Action
Movie • 1980
The Director
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2
Movie • 1999
Presenter
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 3
Movie • 1999
Presenter
I Am the Way You Want Me
Movie • 1999
Presenter
A Magic Mirror
Movie • 1999
Porter
The Last Subway
Movie • 1999
Presenter
Quattro
Movie • 1999
Presenter
Snack Bar Budapest
Movie • 1988
Giudice (uncredited)
The Howl
Movie • 1970
Commissario di polizia
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 - Julia
Movie • 1999
Presenter
Burning Love
Movie • 2015
Self
Western all'italiana
Movie • 2004
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
Movie • 2019
Himself
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Voyeur
Movie • 1999
Presenter
Paprika
Movie • 1991
Doctor Babarelli (uncredited)
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
Movie • 2009
Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema
Movie • 2014
Self
All Ladies Do It
Movie • 1992
Comendator Scarfatti (uncredited)
Roberto Rossellini - Più di una vita
Movie • 2025
NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self