Francesco Barilli
Biography
Francesco Barilli was born on February 4, 1943 in Parma, Italy. A member of a family of artists, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Parma before assisting filmmaker Antonio Pietrangeli on The Girl from Parma (1963) and later befriending Bernardo Bertolucci, with whom he collaborated on Before the Revolution (1964). He has directed notable films like L'Urlo (2019), Hotel Fear (1978), and The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974).