Piero Vivarelli was born on February 26, 1927 in Siena, Italy. Vivrelli was one of the young volunteers of the X th Flotilla Mas, from 1949 to 1990 a militant of the Communist Party. Vivarelli signed many of his films under the pseudonym of Donald Murray, in his most famous films were “Mister X” (1967), “Il Dio Serpente“ (1970) with Nadia Cassini. He also worked on “Io bacio… tu baci”, “Sanremo, la grande sfida” (both 1960), “Oggi a Berlino” (1962), “Rita, la figlia Americana” (1965), with Toto and Rita Pavone, “Satanik” (1968), “Il vuoto” (1969), ”Il Decamerone nero” (1972), “Codice d’amore orientale” (1974) and “Nella misura in cui…” (1979). His most recent film was the comedy “Rumbera” (1998), which tells the story of a Cuban dancer. In 1960 he created the radio program, The Cup of Jazz. Vivarelli was very well known for his work as a lyricist. For five years he chaired the selection committee of the songs of the Sanremo Festival. Piero died from a heart ailment on September 7, 2010 in Rome. Vivarelli was a writer on his only Euro-western “Django” (1965). Today we remember Piero Vivarelli on what would have been his 85th birthday.
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