Award-winning Italian Filmmaker Paolo Taviani Dead At 92

Paolo Taviani, who has died aged 92, made politically engaged films with brother Vittorio for more than half a century (Credit: AFP)

Italian filmmaker Paolo Taviani, whose gritty biopic "Padre Padrone" won the top Cannes Film Festival prize, has died aged 92, Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri said Thursday.

For more than three decades Taviani and his brother Vittorio formed one of cinema's greatest directorial duos.