Visconti

[ vees-kawn-tee ]

noun

1. an Italian family that ruled Milan and Lombardy from 1277 to 1447.
2. Gian Ga·leaz·zo [jahn, gah-, lyaht, -saw], 1351–1402, Milanese leader who conquered much of N Italy.
3. Lu·chi·no [loo-, kee, -naw], 1906–76, Italian stage and film director.

Visconti

/ visˈkonti /

noun

1. the ruling family of Milan from 1277 to 1447
2. ViscontiLuchino19061976MItalianTHEATRE: stage directorFILMS AND TV: director Luchino, real name Luchino Visconti de Modrone. 1906–76, Italian stage and film director, whose neorealist films include Ossessione (1942). His other films include The Leopard (1963), Death in Venice (1970), and The Innocents (1976)

Example Sentences

That mate was Marc Bolan, and Underwood soon found himself sitting in a South Kensington flat with producer Tony Visconti while the T-Rex star "was sitting cross-legged on the floor staring at his girlfriend at the time for about 10 minutes".

From BBC

It was also in the 1960s that Flowers acquired his reputation as a session bass guitarist, working for record producers such as Shel Talmy, Steve Rowland and Tony Visconti.

From BBC

“Reminds me of Hearst Castle,” said visitor Cherie Visconti, eyeing the dining room.

From Los Angeles Times

Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who worked with directors Luchino Visconti, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville and Michelangelo Antonioni, has died at age 88.

From Los Angeles Times

Although he shares a surname with the acclaimed director Pier Paolo Pasolini, Uberto is in fact a nephew of the neorealist cinema giant Luchino Visconti.

From New York Times