Biagio Proietti (23 June 1940 – 12 March 2022) was an Italian screenwriter, director and writer.

Biagio Proietti
Born23 June 1940 (1940-06-23)
Died12 March 2022 (2022-03-13) (aged 81)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director

Life and career

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Born in Rome, graduated in law,[1] Proietti started his career as an assistant director of Francesco Maselli in Time of Indifference.[2] He made a name for himself as a screenwriter of a number of successful television gialli films and series, often directed by Daniele D'Anza and which he often wrote together with his wife Vittoria Prisco.[1][2][3] He made his directorial debut with the TV-movie Storia senza parole, and in the 1980s directed two teen comedies.[1][2][3]

Proietti was also a novelist, a radio writer, a playwright and a documentarist.[1][2] He died on 12 March 2022, at the age of 81.[1]

Selected filmography

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Screenwriter
Director and screenwriter

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "È morto Biagio Proietti, sceneggiatore dei grandi gialli della Rai". La Repubblica (in Italian). 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Roberto Poppi (2002). "Proietti, Biagio". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  3. ^ a b Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. "Proietti, Biagio". Enciclopedia della Televisione. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. p. 560. ISBN 881150466X.
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