Biagio Proietti
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| Born | 23 June 1940 |
| Died | 12 March 2022 (aged 81) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director |
Biagio Proietti (23 June 1940 – 12 March 2022) was an Italian screenwriter, director and writer.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Rome, graduated in law,[1] Proietti started his career as an assistant director of Francesco Maselli in Time of Indifference.[2] He made a name for himself as a screenwriter of a number of successful television gialli films and series, often directed by Daniele D'Anza and which he often wrote together with his wife Vittoria Prisco.[1][2][3] He made his directorial debut with the TV-movie Storia senza parole, and in the 1980s directed two teen comedies.[1][2][3]
Proietti was also a novelist, a radio writer, a playwright and a documentarist.[1][2] He died on 12 March 2022, at the age of 81.[1]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Screenwriter
- Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold, directed by Francesco Maselli (1967)
- A Taste of Death, directed by Sergio Merolle (1968)
- Coralba (TV, 1970)
- Death Occurred Last Night, directed by Duccio Tessari (1970)
- The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, directed by Giuseppe Bennati (1974)
- Dov'è Anna? (TV, 1976)
- The Black Cat, directed by Lucio Fulci (1981)
- Director and screenwriter
- Chewingum (1984)
- Puro cashmere (1986)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "È morto Biagio Proietti, sceneggiatore dei grandi gialli della Rai". La Repubblica (in Italian). 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d Roberto Poppi (2002). "Proietti, Biagio". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
- ^ a b Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. "Proietti, Biagio". Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. p. 560. ISBN 881150466X.
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