Luchino Visconti

Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976), was an Italian theatre, opera and movie director, and screenwriter. He was best known for his movies The Leopard (1963) and Death in Venice (1971).

Luchino Visconti
Visconti in 1972
Born	Luchino Visconti di Modrone (1906-11-02)2 November 1906 Milan, Kingdom of Italy
Died	17 March 1976(1976-03-17) (aged 69) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Movie director screenwriter theater director opera director
Notable work	Ossessione (1943) Senso (1954) Rocco and His Brothers (1960) The Leopard (1963) The Damned (1969) Death in Venice (1971) Ludwig (1972)
Title	Conte di Lonate Pozzolo
Relatives	Eriprando Visconti (nephew)
Family	Visconti di Modrone
Honours	Civil Order of Savoy

On 17 March 1976, Visconti died from a stroke in Rome, Italy. He was age 69.

Other websites

Media related to Luchino Visconti at Wikimedia Commons

• Luchino Visconti on IMDb
• Biography, Filmography and More on Luchino Visconti Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
• British Film Institute: "Luchino Visconti" Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine: filmography
• Hutchison, Alexander, "Luchino Visconti’s Death in Venice", Literature/Film Quarterly, v. 2, 1974. (In-Depth Analysis of Death in Venice).
• Luchino Visconti at Find a Grave