Francesco Maselli
Born: 1930-12-09 in Rome, Italy
Died: 2023-03-21
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2021
- Le Passeur immobile as Self
2015
- Il segreto di Otello as Self
2014
2012
- Scossa ... (Director)
2009
2008
- All Human Rights for All ... (Director)
2007
- Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms as Self
- Civico zero ... (Director)
2006
- Uomini forti as Self
2005
- Fragments of the Twentieth Century ... (Director)
2004
- Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté as Self - Interviewee
2003
- Cesare Zavattini as Self
2002
- The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops ... (Director)
1999
- Il compagno ... (Director)
1996
- Cronache del terzo millennio ... (Director)
- Intolerance ... (Director)
1995
- Rome, November 12, 1994 ... (Idea)
1991
- Dawn ... (Director)
1990
- The Secret ... (Director)
1988
- Codice privato ... (Screenplay)
1986
- Storia d'amore ... (Director)
1984
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer as Self
- Sabatoventiquattromarzo ... (Director)
1983
- And the Ship Sails On as Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)
- Avventura di un fotografo ... (Director)
1980
- The Terrace as Citto Maselli
1975
- The Suspect ... (Director)
1973
- Amarcord as Bongioanni (uncredited)
1968
- A Fine Pair ... (Director)
1967
- Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold ... (Director)
1964
- Time of Indifference ... (Director)
1961
- Latin Lovers ... (Director)
1960
- The Dolphins ... (Director)
1958
- Children in the Cinema ... (Director)
1957
- The Doll that Took the Town ... (Screenplay)
1955
- Abandoned ... (Director)
1953
- We, the Women ... (Assistant Director)
- The Lady Without Camelias ... (Screenplay)
- Love in the City ... (Director)
- Fioraie ... (Director)
1952
- Three Girls from Rome ... (First Assistant Director)
- Sport minore ... (Director)
1951
- Bambini ... (Director)
1950
- Pact with the Devil ... (Assistant Director)
- Story of a Love Affair ... (First Assistant Director)
1949
- Lies of Love ... (Assistant Director)
- Bagnaia paese italiano ... (Director)