Basilio Franchina
Basilio Franchina (born January 31, 1914 in Palermo , † December 17, 2003 in Rome ) was an Italian filmmaker.
Life
Franchina spans sixty years of Italian cinema history. In 1940 he presented his first short films as a director, which was followed by collaborations with Giuseppe De Santis from 1947 to 1951 . After his only feature film for the cinema, the unimpressive Legione straniera based on his own screenplay , a story about jealousy and honor, regular, later very occasional contributions to films by others followed until the mid-1950s. Franchina was mostly entrusted with the production and organizational processes of films. In 2000 he was still working on the script for Paolo Benvenuti's Gostanza di Libbiano .
Filmography (selection)
- 1953: Foreign Legion (Legione straniera) (director, screenplay)
- 1963: The Fall of the Roman Empire (The Fall of the Roman Empire) (screenplay)
- 1972: The Attentat (L'attentat) (screenplay)
- 2000: Gostanza di Libbiano (screenplay)
Web links
- Basilio Franchina in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary (Italian)
- short notes at mymovies (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, pp. 183/184
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franchina, Basilio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palermo , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 2003 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |