title: Claudio Caligari
text: # Claudio Caligari
  
  Claudio Caligari (7 February 1948 – 26 May 2015) was an Italian director and screenwriter.
  
  ## Life and career
  
  Born in Arona, Piedmont, Caligari began his career as a documentarist, often collaborating with Franco Barbero; his first work was Perché droga (1975). He made his feature film debut in 1983, with the drug-centered drama Toxic Love, which won the De Sica Award at the 40th Venice International Film Festival. Only fifteen years later he directed another work, the neo-noir The Scent of the Night. He completed the editing of his third and last film, Non essere cattivo, a few days before his death from a tumour.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  Director and Writer
  
  * Lotte nel Belice (1977)
  * Toxic Love (Amore tossico) (1983)
  * The Scent of the Night (L'odore della notte) (1998)
  * Don't Be Bad (Non essere cattivo) (2015)
  