Mario Foglietti

Mario Foglietti (born January 25, 1936 in Catanzaro ; † November 8, 2016 there ) was an Italian screenwriter and television director .

Life

Folgietti made his theater debut; At the end of the 1950s he was engaged in the "Ridotto dell'Eliseo". He worked as a film critic and since 1962 also for television, in which he was responsible for numerous reports and was engaged for a series of interviews. In 1971 he worked with Dario Argento on the script for 4 mosche di velluto grigio , before two years later he took over the directing (based on his own book) with Le bambole . Like the 1975 created L'uomo dagli occhiali a specchio , the work for Argento's loose series of films was produced under the surtitle La porta sul buio . In the following years he wrote numerous screenplays and original scripts and directed the screen, including mini-series such as Aspetterò , L'enigma delle due sorelle and Incontrarsi e dirso addio .

In addition to his practical work, Foglietti also wrote several books on film.

Folgietti died in Catanzaro in November 2016 at the age of 80.

Filmography (selection)

• 1971: Four flies on gray velvet (4 mosche di velluto grigio) (screenplay)
• 1973: La bambola (TV movie) (Director & Screenplay)
• 1975: L'uomo dagli occhiali a specchio (TV movie) (Director & Screenplay)

Web links

• Mario Foglietti in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Foglietti at mymovies (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ calabriansmostfamous.com , accessed July 6, 2017
2. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 180
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Death report (Italian) , accessed on July 6, 2017