ABOUT FRANCO CRISTALDI
Italian filmmaker who was credited on 60 films across four decades.
He founded his own production company Vides Cinematografica in his hometown of Turin.
He was on the jury at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
His second wife, the Eritrean actress Zeudi Araya, starred in some of his films.
He worked with another renowned Italian filmmaker, Federico Fellini .
