Born in Bergamo. Film & theater critic and columnist for several italian dailies. He has published monographs on George Cukor George Cukor, Raoul Walsh, King Vidor, Erich von Stroheim and several books on music for films. He collaborates with magazines such as «Cinema», «Bianco e nero», «Cineforum», «La rivista del cinematografo», «Quaderni del cinema», «Ragazzo selvaggio», as well as «Sipario» and «Il giornale della musica». Ha has made film-bios of musicians, actors and directors for Filmlexicon, L’enciclopedia dello spettacolo, Il dizionario universale del cinema, Cinema e film and L’enciclopedia italiana (Treccani).
