Marcello Ciorciolini
| Marcello Ciorciolini | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1922 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Director |
Marcello Ciorciolini (born in 1922) is an Italian screenwriter, director, playwright, television and radio author and lyricist.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Ciorciolini began his career in 1950 as a radio writer, often collaborating with Alberto Talegalli.[1] Shorty later he entered the cinema industry as screenwriter, specializing in the comedy genre and also directing a number of films.[1][2]
As a lyricist he was author of several hits, notably Mina's "Una zebra a puà " and "Ti guarderò nel cuore", the theme song of Mondo cane.[1] Between 1970s and 1980s he was mainly active as an author of television variety shows.[1][2] On stage, he was active as an author of revues and comedy plays, and more sporadically of dramas.[1]
Ciorciolini was one of the favorite authors of the comic duo Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, with whom he collaborated in television, cinema and even for some songs.[1][2]
Selected filmography
- Screenwriter
- Il coraggio (1955)
- Terror of the Red Mask (1960)
- The Huns (1960)
- The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
- Two Mafiamen in the Far West (1964)
- I due toreri (1965)
- Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger (1965)
- Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965)
- Two Sons of Ringo (1966)
- Director and screenwriter
- Con rispetto parlando (1965)
- Black Box Affair (1966)
- I barbieri di Sicilia (1967)
- Tom Dollar (1967)
- Ciccio Forgives, I Don't (1968)
- The Nephews of Zorro (1968)
- Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969)
- Meo Patacca (1972)