- Liliana Cavani was born on January 12, 1933 in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is a director and writer, known for L'ospite (1971), Dove siete? Io sono qui (1993) and The Night Porter (1974).
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury in the 66th Venice International Film Festival in 2009.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival in 1979.
- Supporter of the center-left Italian Democratic Party (PD) led by Walter Veltroni.
- She had intended to become an archaeologist, a profession she soon abandoned in order to pursue her passion for the moving image.
- She graduated in literature and philology at Bologna University in 1960, writing a dissertation on the fifteenth-century poet and nobleman Marsilio Pio.
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