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name: "Massimo Franciosa"
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wikidata_id: "Q525427"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 July 1924"
died: "30 March 1998"
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# Massimo Franciosa

## Identity

Massimo Franciosa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/massimo-franciosa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** massimo-franciosa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0290050
- **TMDB ID:** 31604
- **Wikidata ID:** Q525427
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Franciosa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525427, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31604

Writer. Born 23 July 1924 in Rome, Italy. Died 30 March 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 July 1924, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 30 March 1998
- **Active:** 1960–1963
- **Frequently works with:** [Alain Delon](https://film.one/person/alain-delon.md), [Enrico Medioli](https://film.one/person/enrico-medioli.md), [Goffredo Lombardo](https://film.one/person/goffredo-lombardo.md), [Luchino Visconti](https://film.one/person/luchino-visconti.md), [Pasquale Festa Campanile](https://film.one/person/pasquale-festa-campanile.md), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://film.one/person/suso-cecchi-damico.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massimo_Franciosa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525427, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0290050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31604

## Biography

Massimo Franciosa (23 July 1924 – 30 March 1998) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born and died in Rome, he wrote for 72 films between 1955 and 1991, and directed nine films between 1963 and 1971.

His screenwriting credits include *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960) and *The Leopard* (1963), both directed by Luchino Visconti. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for *The Four Days of Naples* (1962). He often collaborated with Pasquale Festa Campanile, and was married to painter and writer Simonetta Bardi.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Leopard* (1963), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md)

## Complete filmography (83)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Love in the Mirror* (1999), Co-Writer
- *Butterfly* (1995), series, Writer
- *Reflections in a Dark Sky* (1991), Writer
- *NightClub* (1989), Writer
- *Stuff for the Rich* (1987), Screenplay
- *Rimini Rimini* (1987), Screenplay, Story
- *Il lupo di mare* (1987), Screenplay, Story
- *Provare per credere* (1987), Writer
- *The Venetian Woman* (1986), Screenplay
- *Colpo di fulmine* (1985), Story
- *If All Goes Well We Are Ruined* (1983), Screenplay
- *Acapulco, Last Beach... on the Left* (1983), Screenplay
- *Bagpiper in Love* (1983), Writer
- *Count Tacchia* (1982), Screenplay, Story
- *Pronto... Lucia* (1982), Writer
- *L'inconnue* (1982), Writer
- *Vigili e vigilesse* (1982), Writer
- *Neapolitan Tears* (1981), Writer
- *Bárbara* (1980), Writer
- *I'm Photogenic* (1980), Story, Screenplay
- *Flatfoot in Egypt* (1980), Screenplay
- *L'importante è non farsi notare* (1979), Screenplay
- *The Face with Two Left Feet* (1979), Writer
- *Il Fauno di marmo* (1977), series, Writer
- *Passi furtivi in una notte boia* (1976), Writer
- *Lezioni di violoncello con toccata e fuga* (1976), Writer
- *Frankenstein: Italian Style* (1975), Screenplay
- *What's Your Sign?* (1975), Writer
- *Vieni, vieni amore mio* (1975), Writer
- *The Balloon Vendor* (1974), Writer
- *To My Dear Mother on Her Birthday* (1974), Screenplay
- *The Cousin* (1974), Writer
- *The Voyage* (1974), Screenplay
- *Spasmo* (1974), Screenplay
- *Rugantino* (1973), Story, Screenplay
- *Little Funny Guy* (1973), Screenplay
- *What Am I Doing in the Middle of the Revolution?* (1972), Screenplay
- *Panhandle 38* (1972), Writer
- *Un caso clinico* (1972), Director
- *Per amore o per forza* (1971), Writer, Director
- *The Conjugal Debt* (1970), Screenplay, Story
- *Cerca di capirmi* (1970), Writer
- *Quella chiara notte d'ottobre* (1970), Director
- *Season of the Senses* (1969), Director
- *Togli le gambe dal parabrezza* (1969), Director, Writer
- *La giacca stregata* (1969), Director
- *The Girl and the General* (1967), Story
- *Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te* (1967), Director
- *El Greco* (1966), Writer
- *Il morbidone* (1965), Story, Screenplay, Director
- *La Celestina P… R…* (1965), Writer
- *Extraconiugale* (1964), Screenplay, Director
- *Three Nights of Love* (1964), Story, Screenplay
- *White Voices* (1964), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *A Sentimental Attempt* (1963), Director, Writer
- *In Italia si chiama amore* (1963), Writer
- *The Conjugal Bed* (1963), Screenplay
- *The Leopard* (1963), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md)
- *The Four Days of Naples* (1962), Screenplay, Story
- *Smog* (1962), Screenplay
- *La bellezza di Ippolita* (1962), Screenplay
- *The Lovemakers* (1961), Screenplay
- *The Assassin* (1961), Screenplay
- *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960), Dialogue, Screenplay
- *Three Etc.'s and the Colonel* (1960), Writer
- *Ferdinand I King of Naples* (1959), Screenplay, Story
- *The Magistrate* (1959), Story, Screenplay
- *La cento chilometri* (1959), Story, Screenplay
- *Poor Millionaires* (1959), Story, Screenplay
- *Everyone's in Love* (1959), Story, Screenplay
- *Venice, the Moon and You* (1958), Story, Screenplay
- *Toto and Marcellino* (1958), Screenplay, Novel
- *Young Husbands* (1958), Story, Screenplay
- *He Thief, She Thief* (1958), Screenplay
- *Poor Girl, Pretty Girl* (1957), Screenplay, Story
- *Holiday Island* (1957), Screenplay
- *Il cocco di mamma* (1957), Story, Screenplay
- *The Woman Who Came from the Sea* (1957), Screenplay
- *Oh! Sabella* (1957), Story, Screenplay
- *Terrore sulla città* (1957), Writer
- *Poor But Beautiful* (1957), Screenplay
- *Song of the Forest* (1957), Writer
- *Wild Love* (1955), Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1964: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Four Days of Naples*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Best Screenplay Award 1958: Best Screenplay Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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