Francesco Maselli
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.
Películas (51)
Le Passeur immobile
2021 · Self
Il segreto di Otello
2015 · Self
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014 · Self
Scossa
2012 · Director
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
The Red Shadows
2009 · Director, Story
All Human Rights for All
2008 · Director
Civico zero
2007 · Director
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
2007 · Self
Uomini forti
2006 · Self
Fragments of the Twentieth Century
2005 · Director
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004 · Self - Interviewee
Cesare Zavattini
2003 · Self
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002 · Director
Il compagno
1999 · Director
Intolerance
1996 · Director
Cronache del terzo millennio
1996 · Director
Rome, November 12, 1994
1995 · Idea, Director
Dawn
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Story
The Secret
1990 · Director, Writer
Codice privato
1988 · Director, Screenplay
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Swineherd
Storia d'amore
1986 · Director, Screenplay
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984 · Self, Director
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
1984 · Director
And the Ship Sails On
1983 · Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)
Avventura di un fotografo
1983 · Director
The Terrace
1980 · Citto Maselli
The Suspect
1975 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Amarcord
1973 · Bongioanni (uncredited)
Open Letter to the Evening News
1970 · Director, Writer
A Fine Pair
1968 · Director, Screenplay
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
1967 · Director, Story
Time of Indifference
1964 · Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
Latin Lovers
1961 · Director, Screenplay
The Dolphins
1960 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Children in the Cinema
1958 · Director
The Doll that Took the Town
1957 · Screenplay, Director
Abandoned
1955 · Director, Screenplay
Love in the City
1953 · Director
We, the Women
1953 · Assistant Director
The Lady Without Camelias
1953 · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Fioraie
1953 · Director
Three Girls from Rome
1952 · First Assistant Director
Sport minore
1952 · Director
Bambini
1951 · Director
Story of a Love Affair
1950 · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Pact with the Devil
1950 · Assistant Director
Lies of Love
1949 · Assistant Director
Bagnaia paese italiano
1949 · Director
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
· Self