Pier Paolo Pasolini [Film Director]

Pier Paolo Pasolini [Film Director] Pasolini was born in Bologna, Italy. After studying literature and art in the University of Bologna, he made his debut as a film director with Accatone (1961). His 1964 film The Gospel According to St. Matthew won the Venice Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. After Oedipus Rex (1967), a fusion of the famous Greek tragedy with his autobiography, and Medea (1969) starring Maria Callas, he directs the “Trilogy of Life” constituting of Decameron (1971), The Canterbury Tales (1972), and Arabian Nights (1974). Through his career, he created a unique style where he traversed time and space in great versatility, from European to Asian, Arab, and African cultures, ancient myths to fantasies and documentaries, multiple-exposing everything to modern life to create odes to life. In 1975, after shooting Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pasolini was found dead, ran over by a car, on a beach near Rome. The circumstances of his death continue to be a mystery.