Francesco Maselli

Francesco Maselli (9 Desember 1930 – 21 Maret 2023), juga dikenal sebagai Citto Maselli, adalah seorang sutradara dan penulis skenario film Italia. Lahir dari keluarga terpelajar (ayahnya adalah seorang kritikus seni) yang berasal dari wilayah Molise, Maselli lulus dari Sekolah Film Nasional Italia pada tahun 1949 dan memulai karirnya sebagai asisten dan asisten sutradara untuk Luigi Chiarini, Michelangelo Antonioni, dan Luchino Visconti. Setelah menyutradarai beberapa film dokumenter dan fiksi pendek, ia memulai debut film panjangnya dengan drama Perang Dunia II Abandoned (1955), yang ditayangkan perdana di Festival Film Venesia. Mengikuti serangkaian film kecil, Maselli meraih kesuksesan yang lebih besar dengan Silver Spoon Set (1960, juga berjudul The Dolphins) dan Time of Indifference (1964), sebuah adaptasi dari novel karya Alberto Moravia. Pada tahun 1970-an, Maselli beralih ke film-film politik sayap kiri secara terbuka, terutama Open Letter to a surat kabar malam itu (1970) dan The Suspect (1975), sebelum beralih ke film-film yang lebih intim yang berpusat pada tokoh protagonis perempuan di tahun 1980-an seperti A Tale of Love (1986) dan The Secret (1990). Pada tahun 2021, Maselli mendapat penghargaan retrospektif di Festival Film Venesia, tempat banyak filmnya ditayangkan perdana. Maselli meninggal di Roma pada 21 Maret 2023, pada usia 92 tahun.

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.