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Entertainment · November 4, 2026

Tinto Brass Dead: Italian ‘Caligula’ Director Was 93

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Italian film director Tinto Brass has died in Rome at the age of 93. His passing was announced on Wednesday by his family to the Italian press agency Ansa. Born in Milan in 1933, Brass originally studied law before beginning a film career in Paris in the late 1950s. While he worked across multiple genres, he became internationally recognized for his erotic cinema, particularly the large-budget film 'Caligula' (1979) and 'Salon Kitty'. Early in his career, he served as an assistant to renowned filmmakers such as Roberto Rossellini and Joris Ivens.

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Reported by multiple outlets

  • Tinto Brass died at the age of 93.
  • The family announced his death on Wednesday to the Italian press agency Ansa.
  • He was an Italian director born in Milan in 1933.
  • He was best known for erotic films, most notably 'Caligula'.
  • He studied law before moving to Paris to pursue film in the late 1950s.
  • He worked at the Cinémathèque Française and served as an assistant to Roberto Rossellini.

Reported by only some outlets

  • Deadline and Variety report his death occurred in Rome.
  • Deadline specifically names his wife, Caterina Varzi, and children, Bonifacio and Beatrice Brass, as the family members who announced the news.
  • Variety notes he was born into a family of artists.
  • Deadline and Variety mention his work with Joris Ivens.
  • Variety specifies he worked on Rossellini’s war drama 'General della Rovere'.

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