Franco Maresco

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Franco Maresco

Franco Maresco (born May 5, 1958 in Palermo ) is an Italian film director , screenwriter , film producer and film editor .

Life

Franco Maresco is famous in Italy for his critical and sarcastic film and television productions. The Dadaist cult series Cinico TV, which he realized together with his partner Daniele Ciprì , made him known nationwide in Italy in the early 1990s. The first feature film by Ciprì and Maresco, The Uncle from Brooklyn , was released in 1995. This was followed by other productions that cemented the duo's cult status. The 1998 film Totò, Who Lived Twice, was the last Italian film to be banned by Italian censors.

After his separation from Daniele Ciprì, Maresco's solo debut was released in 2014: Belluscone - Why Italians Love Berlusconi was awarded the special jury prize at the 71st Venice Film Festival . The film illuminates the relationship between the state and the mafia in Italy.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1995: The Brooklyn Uncle (Director, Screenplay)
  • 1996: Il manocchio, cortometraggio (short film) (director, screenplay, production, editor, composer)
  • 1996: A memoria (short film) (director)
  • 1998: Totò, who lived twice (director, screenplay, editor)
  • 1999: Noi e il Duca - quando Duke Ellington suonò a Palermo (documentary) (director)
  • 1999: Enzo, domani a Palermo !, cortometraggio (documentary) (director)
  • 2003: Il ritorno di Cagliostro (director, screenplay)
  • 2004: Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio (documentary) (director, screenplay, editor)
  • 2010: Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz (director, screenplay)
  • 2014: Belluscone - Why Italians Love Berlusconi (Documentation) (Director, Screenplay, Editor)

literature

  • Sieglinde Borvitz, Controcorrente. The crude visions of Cipri and Maresco, Düsseldorf University Press, Düsseldorf 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short Biography Franco Marescos at the Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0546510/
  2. ↑ Review of the film: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/belluscone-a-sicilian-story-belluscone-731608
personal data
SURNAME Maresco, Franco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo