Editing Bernardo Bertolucci (section)

== Early life ==
Bertolucci was born in the Italian city of [[Parma]], in the region of [[Emilia-Romagna]]. He was the elder son of Ninetta (Giovanardi), a teacher, and [[Attilio Bertolucci]], who was a poet, a reputed art historian, anthologist and film critic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/34/Bernardo-Bertolucci.html |title=Bernardo Bertolucci Biography (1940-) |publisher=Film Reference |access-date=14 September 2010}}</ref> His mother was born in Australia,<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Bernardo Bertolucci: Interviews|author1=Bertolucci, B.|author2=Gerard, F.S.|author3=Kline, T.J.|author4=Sklarew, B.H.|date=2000|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781578062058|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXjyHVUD-GcC&pg=PR17|access-date=16 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="corriere">{{cite web|url=http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=BERTOLUCCI+Bernardo|publisher=cinquantamila.corriere.it|title=Bernardo Bertolucci - biografia|access-date=16 October 2016|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220055/http://cinquantamila.corriere.it/storyTellerThread.php?threadId=BERTOLUCCI+Bernardo|url-status=dead}}</ref> to an Italian father and an Australian mother (of Irish and Scottish descent).

Having been raised in an artistic environment, Bertolucci began writing at the age of 15, and soon after received several prestigious literary prizes, including the ''Premio Viareggio'' for his first book. His father's background helped his career: the elder Bertolucci had helped the Italian filmmaker [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]] publish his first novel, and Pasolini reciprocated by hiring Bertolucci as his first assistant in Rome on ''[[Accattone]]'' (1961).

Bertolucci had one brother, the theatre director and playwright [[Giuseppe Bertolucci|Giuseppe]] (27 February 1947 – 16 June 2012). His cousin was the film producer Giovanni Bertolucci (24 June 1940 – 17 February 2005), with whom he worked on a number of films.