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 newspa…
movieLe Passeur immobile
2021 · Self
movieIl segreto di Otello
2015 · Self
movieAlfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014 · Self
movieScossa
2012 · Director
movieFranco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009
movieThe Red Shadows
2009 · Story, Director
movieAll Human Rights for All
2008 · Director
movieCivico zero
2007 · Director
movieGillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
2007 · Self
movieUomini forti
2006 · Self
Fragments of the Twentieth Century
2005 · Director
movieInvestigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004 · Self - Interviewee
movieCesare Zavattini
2003 · Self
movieThe Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002 · Director
Il compagno
1999 · Director
movieIntolerance
1996 · Director
Cronache del terzo millennio
1996 · Director
Rome, November 12, 1994
1995 · Idea, Director
movieDawn
1991 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieThe Secret
1990 · Director, Writer
movieCodice privato
1988 · Screenplay, Director
movieStoria d'amore
1986 · Director, Screenplay
movieFarewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984 · Self, Director
movieSabatoventiquattromarzo
1984 · Director
movieAnd the Ship Sails On
1983 · Guardiano del Rinoceronte (uncredited)
Avventura di un fotografo
1983 · Director
movieThe Terrace
1980 · Citto Maselli
movieThe Suspect
1975 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieAmarcord
1973 · Bongioanni (uncredited)
movieOpen Letter to the Evening News
1970 · , Writer, Director
movieA Fine Pair
1968 · Director, Screenplay
movieKill Me Quick, I'm Cold
1967 · Director, Story
movieTime of Indifference
1964 · Director, Dialogue, Screenplay
movieLatin Lovers
1961 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Dolphins
1960 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieChildren in the Cinema
1958 · Director
movieThe Doll that Took the Town
1957 · Screenplay, Director
movieAbandoned
1955 · Director, Screenplay
movieLove in the City
1953 · Director
movieWe, the Women
1953 · Assistant Director
movieThe Lady Without Camelias
1953 · Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Fioraie
1953 · Director
movieThree Girls from Rome
1952 · First Assistant Director
Sport minore
1952 · Director
Bambini
1951 · Director
movieStory of a Love Affair
1950 · First Assistant Director, Screenplay
moviePact with the Devil
1950 · Assistant Director
movieLies of Love
1949 · Assistant Director
Bagnaia paese italiano
1949 · Director
movieI Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
— · Self