Florestano Vancini (24 August 1926 – 18 September 2008) was an Italian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He directed over 20 films since 1960. His 1966 film '' Le stagioni del nostro amore'', starring Enrico Maria Salerno, was entered into the

16th Berlin International Film Festival The 16th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June – 5 July 1966. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Cul-de-sac'' directed by Roman Polanski. Jury The following people were announced as being on the ju ...

. His 1973 film '' The Assassination of Matteotti'' was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize. In 1999 he was a member of the jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.

Filmography as director

*'' Delta padano'' (cortometraggio, 1951) *'' Long Night in 1943'' (1960) *''

La banda Casaroli ''La banda Casaroli'' is a 1962 Italian crime-drama film directed by Florestano Vancini. The film is based on real life events of criminal group led by Paolo Casaroli. Cast *Renato Salvatori: Paolo Casaroli * Jean-Claude Brialy: Corrado Minguzz ...

'' (1962) *'' Le italiane e l'amore'' (1962) *''

La calda vita ''The Warm Life'' ( it, La calda vita) is a 1963 Italian drama film written and directed by Florestano Vancini and starring Catherine Spaak. It is based loosely on the novel ''La calda vita'' by Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini.Seasons of Our Love'' (1966) *'' Long Days of Vengeance'' (1967) *'' Blow Hot, Blow Cold'' (1969) *'' The Sicilian Checkmate'' (1972) *'' Bronte - Cronaca di un massacro che i libri di storia non hanno raccontato'' (1972) *'' Il delitto Matteotti'' (1973) *'' Amore amaro'' (1974) *'' Un dramma borghese'' (1979) *'' La baraonda'' (1980) *'' La neve nel bicchiere'' (1984) *'' La piovra'', (TV) (1984) *'' ...e ridendo l'uccise'' (2005)

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* 1926 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian film directors 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub