Tinto Brass
Known for: Directing
Born: March 26, 1933
Place of birth: Milan, Kingdom of Italy [now Italy]
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
77 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Roberto Rossellini - Living Without A Script
2025
7.3
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
8.0
Searching for Valentina: The World of Guido Crepax
2019
5.7
Burning Love
2015
10.0
Tinto Brass: Maestro of Erotic Cinema
2014
5.3
Istintobrass
2013
7.5
Crazy Dog
20122.5
Case Chiuse
2011
1.0
Hotel Courbet
2009
2.0
Behind The Scenes of Caligula
20092.0
Impotenti esistenziali
2009
4.1
Kick the Cock
2008
NR
Il nostro messia
2008
NR
Il nostro messia
2008
4.3
La rabbia
2008NR
Tinto Brass: The Orgy Of Power
20072.0
My Roman Holiday With John Steiner
2007
7.0
Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
2006
5.6
Monamour
20054.0
Western all'italiana
2004
5.3
Private
2003
5.3
Black Angel
2002
4.5
Unchaste Relationships
2002
5.6
Cheeky
2000
5.3
Candlewick
1999
3.8
Dream
1999
4.7
Ladybird
1999
4.8
A Magic Mirror
1999
4.3
Weekend in Lecco
1999
4.2
Hold My Wrists Tight
1999
3.9
Blessed Transgression!
1999
5.0
Improper Liaisons
1999
5.3
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 2 - Quattro
1999
5.3
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 3 - Hold My Wrists Tight
1999
3.5
I Am the Way You Want Me
1999
6.8
The Last Subway
1999
3.0
Quattro
1999
4.2
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 1 - Julia
1999
5.0
Tinto Brass Presents Erotic Short Stories: Part 4 - Improper Liaisons
1999
3.8
Julia
1999
1.0
Voyeur
1999
4.5
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.2
1998
4.7
Erotic Short Circuits Vol.3
1998
5.0
Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 1
1998
10.0
Erotic Short Circuits Vol. 4
1998
5.2
Frivolous Lola
19987.0
Quando l'Italia non era un paese povero
1997
6.0
P.O. Box Tinto Brass
1995
6.4
The Voyeur
1994
6.5
Eurotrash
1993
5.1
All Ladies Do It
1992
7.2
Paprika
1991
4.8
Snack Bar Budapest
1988
5.2
Love & Passion
1987
5.1
Miranda
1985
6.0
The Key
1983
4.3
A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula'
1981
4.6
Action
1980
6.0
Caligula
1979
6.6
NDR Talk Show
1979
5.6
Salon Kitty
1976
4.8
Vacation
1971
5.4
I Miss Sonia Henie
1971
5.6
Dropout
1970
4.8
The Howl
1970
4.8
Attraction
1969
5.3
Deadly Sweet
1967
5.6
Yankee
1966
7.6
Woman Is a Wonderful Thing
1964
5.4
The Flying Saucer
1964
6.8
Ça ira - Il fiume della rivolta
1964
6.2
My Wife
1964
NR
Tempo lavorativo
1964
NR
Tempo libero
1964
5.7
Who Works Is Lost
1963
7.1
India: Matri Bhumi
1960
7.5
General Della Rovere
1959
6.5
Venetian Honeymoon
1959
5.5
Spatiodynamisme
1958