Biography
Francesco Maselli (9 December 1930 – 21 March 2023), also known as Citto Maselli, was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born into a well educated family (his father was an art critic) originally from the Molise region, Maselli graduated from the Italian National Film School in 1949 and began his career as an assistant and assistant director for Luigi Chiarini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Luchino Visconti. After directing several short documentary and fiction films, he gave his feature film debut with the World War II drama Abandoned (1955), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Following a series of minor films, Maselli had greater success with Silver Spoon Set (1960, also titled The Dolphins) and Time of Indifference (1964), an adaptation of a novel by Alberto Moravia.In the 1970s, Maselli turned to openly left-wing political films, notably Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera (1970) and The Suspect (1975), before shifting to more intimate films centered on female protagonists in the 1980s such as A Tale of Love (1986) and The Secret (1990).In 2021, Maselli was honoured with a retrospective at the Venice Film Festival, where many of his films had seen their premiere. Maselli died in Rome on 21 March 2023, at the age of 92.
Filmography
all 44
Movies 44
Director 33
self 7
Writer 2
Le Passeur immobile (2021)
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance (2014)
Scossa (2012)
The Red Shadows (2009)
All Human Rights for All (2008)
Civico zero (2007)
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms (2007)
Fragments of the Twentieth Century (2005)
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté (2004)
Cesare Zavattini (2003)
Palestine, Palestine (2002)
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops (2002)
Il compagno (1999)
Intolerance (1996)
Cronache del terzo millennio (1996)
Rome Twelve November 1994 (1995)
Dawn (1991)
The Secret (1990)
Codice privato (1988)
Storia d'amore (1986)
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Avventura di un fotografo (1983)
The Terrace (1980)
The Suspect (1975)
Amarcord (1973)
Open Letter to the Evening News (1970)
A Fine Pair (1968)
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold (1967)
Time of Indifference (1964)
Latin Lovers (1961)
The Dolphins (1960)
The Doll that Took the Town (1957)
Abandoned (1955)
Love in the City (1953)
We, the Women (1953)
The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
Fioraie (1953)
Three Girls from Rome (1952)
Sport minore (1952)
Story of a Love Affair (1950)
Pact with the Devil (1950)
Lies of Love (1949)
I bambini al cinema
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
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GenderMale
Birthday1930-12-09
Deathday2023-03-21 (92 years old)
Birth NameFrancesco Maselli
Birth PlaceRome, Italy
SiblingsTitina Maselli
CitizenshipsItaly
Also Known AsCitto Maselli
AwardsGrand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
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