EriprandoVisconti diModrone, Count of Vico Modrone (September 24, 1932 – May 26, 1995) was anItalian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was the nephew of the more famousLuchino Visconti.
Born inMilan into anoble family, in the early 1950s Visconti moved to Rome, against the wishes of his family, to pursue his dream to enter the cinema industry. After a few experiences as an actor and an assistant film editor underMario Serandrei, he wrote an early draft of the script and collaborated on the screenplay ofFrancesco Maselli'sThe Abandoned in 1955. In the second half of the 1950s he started working as assistant director, notably collaborating withMichelangelo Antonioni and his uncle Luchino Visconti. In 1959, he collaborated withLuigi Malerba to thelibretto of theFranco Mannino's operaHatikwa, and in the same period he started working in theatre as an assistant director.[1]
Visconti made his feature film debut in 1962, withA Milanese Story. During his career he alternated great commercial successes such asThe Lady of Monza and unexpected bombs such asIl caso Pisciotta, as well as critical acclaims and failures. He launched the career of several actors, and generally preferred to not work with major established stars. His films were mainly independent and wholly or partly self-funded.[1]
He was married to Princess Francesca PatriziaRuspoli.[1]
35mm copies of all his films, as well as screenplays and photographic material related to his career are held by theCineteca Nazionale in Rome.[1]
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