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.
Acting (12 movies)

Open Letter to the Evening News
1970

Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
2014

Le Passeur immobile
2021

Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
2007

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984

Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
2009

The Terrace
1980

Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004

Cesare Zavattini
2003

Amarcord
1973

And the Ship Sails On
1983

Uomini forti
2006
Directing (32 movies)

Love in the City
1953

The Red Shadows
2009

The Suspect
1975

Time of Indifference
1964

A Fine Pair
1968

Open Letter to the Evening News
1970

Codice privato
1988

Abandoned
1955

Storia d'amore
1986

The Secret
1990

The Dolphins
1960

Latin Lovers
1961
Cronache del terzo millennio
1996

Intolerance
1996

Scossa
2012

Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold
1967

Civico zero
2007
Sport minore
1952

The Doll that Took the Town
1957

Dawn
1991
Fioraie
1953
Il compagno
1999
Avventura di un fotografo
1983
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002
Rome, November 12, 1994
1995

Children in the Cinema
1958

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984

All Human Rights for All
2008
Fragments of the Twentieth Century
2005
Bagnaia paese italiano
1949
Bambini
1951

Sabatoventiquattromarzo
1984
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Story of a Love Affair | 1950 | Screenplay |
| The Lady Without Camelias | 1953 | Screenplay |
| Abandoned | 1955 | Screenplay |
| The Doll that Took the Town | 1957 | Screenplay |
| The Dolphins | 1960 | Screenplay |
| Latin Lovers | 1961 | Screenplay |
| Time of Indifference | 1964 | Screenplay |
| A Fine Pair | 1968 | Screenplay |
| Open Letter to the Evening News | 1970 | Writer |
| The Suspect | 1975 | Screenplay |
| Storia d'amore | 1986 | Screenplay |
| Codice privato | 1988 | Screenplay |
| The Secret | 1990 | Writer |
| Dawn | 1991 | Screenplay |