Francesco Maselli
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 9, 1930
- Died
- March 21, 2023 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
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 Open Letter to a newspaper of the evening (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 honored 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.
Known For
Filmography
Scossa
Movie · Director
The Red Shadows
Movie · Director
All Human Rights for All
Movie · Director
Civico zero
Movie · Director
Fragments of the Twentieth Century
Movie · Director
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Movie · Director
Il compagno
Movie · Director
Cronache del terzo millennio
Movie · Director
Intolerance
Movie · Director
Rome, November 12, 1994
Movie · Director
Dawn
Movie · Director
The Secret
Movie · Director
Codice privato
Movie · Director
Storia d'amore
Movie · Director
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Movie · Director
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Movie · Director
Avventura di un fotografo
Movie · Director
Dieci registi italiani, dieci racconti italiani
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Suspect
Movie · Director
Open Letter to the Evening News
Movie · Director
A Fine Pair
Movie · Director
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
Movie · Director
Time of Indifference
Movie · Director
Latin Lovers
Movie · Director
The Dolphins
Movie · Director
Children in the Cinema
Movie · Director
The Doll that Took the Town
Movie · Director
Abandoned
Movie · Director
Love in the City
Movie · Director
We, the Women
Movie · Assistant Director
The Lady Without Camelias
Movie · First Assistant Director
Fioraie
Movie · Director
Three Girls from Rome
Movie · First Assistant Director
Sport minore
Movie · Director
Bambini
Movie · Director
Story of a Love Affair
Movie · First Assistant Director
Pact with the Devil
Movie · Assistant Director
Lies of Love
Movie · Assistant Director
Bagnaia paese italiano
Movie · Director