Francesco Maselli
Directing
1930-12-09 · Rome, Italy
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
Le Passeur immobile
2021 · Movie
Il segreto di Otello
2015 · Movie
Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014 · Movie
Scossa
2012 · Movie
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009 · Movie
The Red Shadows
2009 · Movie
All Human Rights for All
2008 · Movie
Civico zero
2007 · Movie
Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
2007 · Movie
Uomini forti
2006 · Movie
Fragments of the Twentieth Century
2005 · Movie
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004 · Movie
Cesare Zavattini
2003 · Movie
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002 · Movie
Il compagno
1999 · Movie
Intolerance
1996 · Movie
Cronache del terzo millennio
1996 · Movie
Rome, November 12, 1994
1995 · Movie
Dawn
1991 · Movie
The Secret
1990 · Movie
Codice privato
1988 · Movie
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Movie
Storia d'amore
1986 · Movie
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984 · Movie
Sabatoventiquattromarzo
1984 · Movie
And the Ship Sails On
1983 · Movie
Avventura di un fotografo
1983 · Movie
The Terrace
1980 · Movie
The Suspect
1975 · Movie
Amarcord
1973 · Movie
Open Letter to the Evening News
1970 · Movie
A Fine Pair
1968 · Movie
Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
1967 · Movie
Time of Indifference
1964 · Movie
Latin Lovers
1961 · Movie
The Dolphins
1960 · Movie
Children in the Cinema
1958 · Movie
The Doll that Took the Town
1957 · Movie
Abandoned
1955 · Movie
Love in the City
1953 · Movie
We, the Women
1953 · Movie
The Lady Without Camelias
1953 · Movie
Fioraie
1953 · Movie
Three Girls from Rome
1952 · Movie
Sport minore
1952 · Movie
Bambini
1951 · Movie
Story of a Love Affair
1950 · Movie
Pact with the Devil
1950 · Movie
Lies of Love
1949 · Movie
Bagnaia paese italiano
1949 · Movie
I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Movie