Francesco Maselli

Directing·Dec 9, 1930·Rome, Italy

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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.

Film	Credit
Le Passeur immobile2021 · Self	Self
Il segreto di Otello2015 · Self	Self
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance2014 · Self	Self
Scossa2012 · Director	Director
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso2009 · Actor	Actor
The Red Shadows2009 · Director	Director
All Human Rights for All2008 · Director	Director
Civico zero2007 · Director	Director
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms2007 · Self	Self
Uomini forti2006 · Self	Self
FFragments of the Twentieth Century2005 · Director	Director
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté2004 · Self - Interviewee	Self - Interviewee
Cesare Zavattini2003 · Self	Self
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops2002 · Director	Director
IIl compagno1999 · Director	Director
Intolerance1996 · Director	Director
CCronache del terzo millennio1996 · Director	Director
RRome, November 12, 19941995 · Director	Director
Dawn1991 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Secret1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Codice privato1988 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Storia d'amore1986 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer1984 · Self, Director	Self, Director
Sabatoventiquattromarzo1984 · Director	Director
And the Ship Sails On1983 · Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)	Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)
AAvventura di un fotografo1983 · Director	Director
The Terrace1980 · Citto Maselli	Citto Maselli
The Suspect1975 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Amarcord1973 · Bongioanni (uncredited)	Bongioanni (uncredited)
Open Letter to the Evening News1970 · Actor, Writer, Director	Actor, Writer, Director
A Fine Pair1968 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold1967 · Director	Director
Time of Indifference1964 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Latin Lovers1961 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Dolphins1960 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Children in the Cinema1958 · Director	Director
The Doll that Took the Town1957 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Abandoned1955 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Love in the City1953 · Director	Director
The Lady Without Camelias1953 · Screenplay	Screenplay
FFioraie1953 · Director	Director
SSport minore1952 · Director	Director
BBambini1951 · Director	Director
Story of a Love Affair1950 · Screenplay	Screenplay
BBagnaia paese italiano1949 · Director	Director
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo AntonioniSelf	Self