Marcello Ciorciolini (16 January 1922 – 5 September 2011) was an Italian screenwriter, director, playwright, television and radio author and lyricist.
Marcello Ciorciolini | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 16 January 1922 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 5 September 2011 (aged 89) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Director |
Life and career
editBorn in Rome, Ciorciolini began his career in 1950 as a radio writer, often collaborating with Alberto Talegalli.[1] Shorty later he entered the cinema industry as a screenwriter, specializing in the comedy genre and also directing a number of films.[1][2]
As a lyricist he was the author of several hits, notably Mina's "Una zebra a pois" and "Ti guarderò nel cuore", the theme song of Mondo cane.[1] Between the 1970s and 1980s he was mainly active as an author of television variety shows.[1][2] On stage, he was active as an author of revues and comedy plays, and more sporadically of dramas.[1]
Ciorciolini was one of the favourite authors of the comic duo Franco and Ciccio, with whom he collaborated in television, cinema and even for some songs.[1][2]
Selected filmography
edit- Screenwriter
- Il coraggio (1955)
- Terror of the Red Mask (1960)
- The Huns (1960)
- The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
- Two Mafiamen in the Far West (1964)
- I due toreri (1965)
- Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger (1965)
- Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965)
- Two Sons of Ringo (1966)
- Director and screenwriter
- Con rispetto parlando (1965)
- Black Box Affair (1966)
- I barbieri di Sicilia (1967)
- Tom Dollar (1967)
- Ciccio Forgives, I Don't (1968)
- The Nephews of Zorro (1968)
- Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969)
- Meo Patacca (1972)
References
editExternal links
edit
 | This article about an Italian film director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |