Gianluigi Braschi (2 July 1963 – 23 October 2008) was an

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film producer. He was born in

Cesena Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and ''comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14 (Italy), Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137. ...

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on 2 July 1963. He was the brother of actress

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, who married

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so he worked frequently with him in

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. He began working as a

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on ''

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'' (1991). In 1994 he formed Melampo Cinematographic

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along his sister and brother-in-law. He continued to work with Benigni in '' Il mostro'' (1994), ''

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'' (2002) and ''

The Tiger and the Snow ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (Italian: La tigre e la neve) is a 2005 Italian comedy-drama film starring and directed by Roberto Benigni. Inspired by the fairy tale ''Sleeping Beauty'', the film is set in Rome and Baghdad during the invasion of Ir ...

'' (2005). He co-produced the hugely successful film ''

Life Is Beautiful ''Life Is Beautiful'' ( it, La vita è bella, ) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who emplo ...

'' (1997) with Elda Ferri, for which they both received an Academy Award nomination for

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. The film also earned them a

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, as well as a

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. He died on 23 October 2008 after a long

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aged 45. The funeral was in Cesena on 25 October at convento delle Clarisse.

Filmography

* '' La tigre e la neve'' (2005) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (1997) * ''Roberto Benigni: Tuttobenigni 95/96'' (1996) * '' The Monster'' (1994)

References

External links

* Italian film producers 1963 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Italian people {{film-producer-stub