Valerio Zurlini: Valerio Zurlini. Writer: Family Diary. Valerio Zurlini was born on March 19, 1926. During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party. He filmed short documentaries in the immediate post-war period and in 1954 directed his first feature film, Le ragazze di San Frediano (1955), his only comedy. In 1958, together...
Known For: Family Diary (Writer), The Desert of the Tartars (Writer), Violent Summer (Writer), The Camp Followers (Writer)