Franco Ferrini

Franco Ferrini (actually Francesco Ferrini; born January 5, 1944 in Pignone ) is an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Life

Ferrini graduated from the University of Pisa in the field of study foreign languages ​​( lingue e Letterature straniere ); then he founded with his friend from his youth Enzo Ungari ( born July 13, 1948 † 22 February 1985) the film club " Charlie Chaplin " and the film magazine " Giovane Cinema". Over the years, he moved to larger periodicals and edited in 1971 a special dispensing of "Bianco e Nero ", which was dedicated to Sergio Leone.

The active entry into the film business made ​​several engagements as an actor in the early 1970s and two screenplays that emerged in this decade. Such authorship, he devoted himself completely in 1980 and skriptete numerous successful films, including some horror movies that staged his frequent partner Michele Soavi and Dario Argento; for Maurizio Ponzi, he wrote - in other genres - several times. In 1986, he directed his only film, the ambitious thriller Caramalle di uno sconosciuto.

Filmography (selection)

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