Career
Born in Milan, D'Anza started his career on stage, in which he is best known for the direction of the antimilitarist play Venticinque metri di fango that he presented in Milan in 1946 raising several controversities as well as critical appreciation. He is regarded as a pioneer of Italian television, for which he worked since the early 1950s, when RAI started experimental broadcasting before starting the regular TV service. He directed several successful TV-series, in particular Il segno del comando (1971) and L'amaro caso della Baronessa di Carini (1976).
His last work, the TV miniseries La ragazza dell'addio was broadcast on RAI posthumously, two months after his dead. He was also active on films, notably working on the screenplay of Michelangelo Antonioni's.