Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 09, 1930
Died
Mar 21, 2023
Place of Birth
Rome, Italy
Credits
50 titles
Francesco Maselli
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
Le Passeur immobile
Self
Il segreto di Otello
Self
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Self
Scossa
Director
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
The Red Shadows
Story
All Human Rights for All
Director
Civico zero
Director
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
Self
Uomini forti
Self
Fragments of the Twentieth Century
Director
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Self - Interviewee
Cesare Zavattini
Self
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Director
Il compagno
Director
Intolerance
Director
Cronache del terzo millennio
Director
Rome, November 12, 1994
Idea
Dawn
Director
The Secret
Director
Codice privato
Screenplay
Storia d'amore
Director
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Self
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
Director
And the Ship Sails On
Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)
Avventura di un fotografo
Director
The Terrace
Citto Maselli
The Suspect
Director
Amarcord
Bongioanni (uncredited)
Open Letter to the Evening News
A Fine Pair
Director
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
Director
Time of Indifference
Director
Latin Lovers
Director
The Dolphins
Director
Children in the Cinema
Director
The Doll that Took the Town
Screenplay
Abandoned
Director
Love in the City
Director
We, the Women
Assistant Director
The Lady Without Camelias
Screenplay
Fioraie
Director
Three Girls from Rome
First Assistant Director
Sport minore
Director
Bambini
Director
Story of a Love Affair
First Assistant Director
Pact with the Devil
Assistant Director
Lies of Love
Assistant Director
Bagnaia paese italiano
Director
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Self