Massimo Felisatti

Massimo Felisatti (12 May 1932 – 7 September 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and director.

Massimo Felisatti
Born12 May 1932 (1932-05-12)
Ferrara, Italy
Died7 September 2016 (2016-09-08) (aged 84)
Rome, Italy
OccupationWriter, director

Biography

Born in Ferrara, Felisatti graduated in Modern Letters, and then he started collaborating with some local newspapers, also directing the cultural magazine Ferrara. In 1966 he moved to Rome, where he first worked as translator and essayist. In the 1970s he started a proficuous collaboration with the writer Fabio Pittorru, debuting with the successful giallo novel Violenza a Roma, and writing screenplays for numerous films and for the crime TV-series Qui squadra mobile.[1][2]

Felisatti was also active as a film director, co-directing with Sergio Grieco the poliziottesco Terror in Rome (1976) and a segment of the anthology film Un altro mondo è possibile (2001).[1][2]

Screenplays

Books

  • Violenza a Roma, with Fabio Pittorru. Milan, Garzanti, 1973.
  • Gli strateghi di Yalta, with Fabio Pittorru. Milan, Fabbri, 1974.
  • La Madama, with Fabio Pittorru. Milan, Garzanti, 1974.
  • Un delitto della polizia?. Milan, Bompiani, 1975.
  • La nipote scomoda, with Bruno Gambarotta. Milan, Mondadori, 1977.
  • Per vincere ci vogliono i leoni. with Fabio Pittorru, Milan, Mondadori, 1977.
  • Qui squadra mobile. Milan, Garzanti, 1978.
  • Agave, with Andrea Santini. Milan, Rizzoli, 1981.
  • Isabella d'Este. Milan, Bompiani, 1982.
  • Storia di Ferrara, terra d'acqua e di cielo. Milan, Camunia, 1986.
  • O dolce terra addio, with Marco Leto. Milan, Rizzoli, 1987.
  • Baruffino buffone. Ferrara, Liberty House, 1991.
  • Tutta per gli occhi, in Carlo Bassi et al., Ferrara 1492-1992. Ferrara, Corbo, 1992. pp. 294–295.
  • Corso di sceneggiatura, with Lucio Battistrada. Milan, Sansoni, 1993.
  • Rosso su nero. Milan, Mondadori, 1996.
  • A teatro con gli Estensi. Ferrara, Corbo, 1999.
  • Sette colli in nero, anthology of short stories edited by Gian Franco Orsi. Milan, Alacran, 2006.

References

  1. Roberto Poppi. "Felisatti, Massimo". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  2. Redazione (11 September 2016). "Addio allo scrittore e sceneggiatore ferrarese Massimo Felisatti". Estense.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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