Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (b. November 81931, and September 201929, respectively, both in San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy) are noted Italian film directors and screenwriters. They are brothers, who have always worked together, each directing alternate scenes. Paolo Taviani's wife Lina Nerli Taviani has been costume designer of many of their films. At the Cannes Film Festival the Taviani brothers won Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI prize for Padre padrone in 1977 and Grand Prix du Jury for La notte di San Lorenzo in 1982.
