Francesco Massaro
Francesco Massaro ( born 1935 in Padua ) is an Italian film and television director.
Life
Massaro worked in the 1960s as an assistant director on several films, most experienced Genre goods, but also for Pietro Germi. Then he directed himself, starting with the grotesque Il generale dorme in piedi 1972. Always at its screenplay was followed by above-average works, often comedies that arrived well and the audience. Noteworthy especially in 1982 resulting Miracoloni, who was a long time not to see and therefore enjoys cult status. Occasionally, he also wrote for director colleagues; often he worked with Jerry Calà. From the mid- 1980s Massaro then worked for television, where he produced successful series ( Pronto soccorso, Provincia segreta ).