Franco Fraticelli (30 August, 1928 in

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– 26 April 2012 in Rome) was an Italian

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with more than 150 film credits. Fraticelli was director

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's editor of choice from his earliest films (''

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage ''The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'' () is a 1970 giallo film directed by Dario Argento, in his directorial debut. The film has been credited with popularizing giallo, an Italian genre of thriller developed in the 1960s. It is the first in wha ...

''-1969) through ''

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'' (1987). He also had an important collaboration with director

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, commencing with her third film '' Rita the Mosquito'' (1966). Fraticelli edited nine more of her films through '' A Joke of Destiny'' (1983). In particular, Fraticelli edited '' Seven Beauties'' (1976). This film, which has been called her masterpiece, was nominated for the

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. It was the very first nomination of a woman for the award. Fraticelli was nominated for the

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award for editing ''

Boys on the Outside ''Boys on the Outside'' ( it, Ragazzi fuori, idiomatically ''Hustlers Outside'') is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi in the neo-neorealistic style and written by Aurelio Grimaldi. Released in 1990, it is the sequel to the 1989 film ...

'' (directed by

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- 1990); Fraticelli subsequently edited two more films with Risi, ''Nel Continente Nero'' (1993) and ''L'ultimo Capodonno''. In 2006 his career was honored by a Kineo Award.

Partial filmography

* '' The Knight Has Arrived!'' (1950) * '' The Reluctant Magician'' (1951) * '' Seven Hours of Trouble'' (1951) * '' Vacation with a Gangster'' (1951) * '' La valigia dei sogni'' (1953) * '' We're All Necessary'' (1956) * ''

Goliath and the Barbarians ''Goliath and the Barbarians'' ( it, Il terrore dei barbari, lit=Terror of the Barbarians) is a 1959 Italian peplum film loosely based on events of the Lombard invasion of Italy in AD 568. As with many Italian peplums of the time, the Englis ...

'' (1959) * ''

My Friend, Dr. Jekyll ''My Friend, Dr. Jekyll'' ( it, Il mio amico Jekyll), is a 1960 Italian comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. It is a parody of the Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella '' Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''. The film deals with the c ...

'' (1960) * ''

Fountain of Trevi The Trevi Fountain ( it, Fontana di Trevi) is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and several others. Standing high and wide, it is the ...

'' (1960) * ''

David and Goliath Goliath ( ) ''Goləyāṯ''; ar, جُليات ''Ǧulyāt'' (Christian term) or (Quranic term). is a character in the Book of Samuel, described as a Philistine giant defeated by the young David in single combat. The story signified King Saul's ...

'' (1960) * ''

The Hunchback of Rome ''Il gobbo'' (internationally released as ''The Hunchback of Rome'') is a 1960 Italian crime-drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. It is loosely based on the real life events of Giuseppe Albano, an Italian partisan that was one of the protagonis ...

'' (1960) * '' His Women'' (1961) * ''

Gold of Rome ''L'oro di Roma'' (internationally released as ''Gold of Rome'') is a 1961 Italian war - drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film is based on actual events surrounding the Nazi's raid of Rome's Jewish ghetto in October 1943. Cast *Gér ...

'' (1961) * '' Ursus'' (1961) * '' The Giant of Metropolis'' (1961) * '' Seven Seas to Calais'' (1962) * ''

Il carabiniere a cavallo ''Il carabiniere a cavallo'' is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Lizzani. Plot A couple of women nomads in Rome steal a horse named Rutilio. The horse belongs to a mounted ''carabiniere'', a member of the Italian national police forc ...

'' (1962) * '' The Seventh Sword'' (1962) * ''

Gold for the Caesars ''Gold for the Caesars'' ( it, Oro per i Cesari) is a 1963 '' peplum'' film starring Jeffrey Hunter and Mylène Demongeot. Originally planned as an American production, the film was later became an Italian-French international co-production after ...

'' (1963) * '' The Scapegoat'' (1963) * '' Ursus in the Land of Fire'' (1963) * '' Secret of the Sphinx'' (1964) * '' Amori pericolosi'' (1964) * ''

Tears on Your Face ''Tears on Your Face'' (Italian: ''Una lacrima sul viso'') is a 1964 Italian "musicarello" film directed by Ettore Maria Fizzarotti. It is named after the Bobby Solo's hit song " Una lacrima sul viso".Daniele Magni, ''Cuori matti - Dizionario dei ...

'' (1964) * '' La vita agra'' (1964) * '' Hercules and the Black Pirates'' (1964) * ''

Grand Canyon Massacre ''Grand Canyon Massacre'' ( Italian: ''Massacro al Grande Canyon'', lit. "Massacre at Grand Canyon") is a 1964 Italian Spaghetti Western filmed in Croatia starring James Mitchum, Milla Sannoner, and George Ardisson. It was directed by Sergio Co ...

'' (1964) * '' Minnesota Clay'' (1965) * '' Two Sergeants of General Custer'' (1965) * '' I Knew Her Well'' (1966) * '' Weekend, Italian Style'' (1966) * '' Rita the Mosquito'' (1966) * '' Balearic Caper'' (1966) * '' John the Bastard'' (1967) * '' Don't Sting the Mosquito'' (1967) * '' Day of Anger'' (1967) * ''

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'' (1967) * '' The Head of the Family'' (1967) * '' Requiescant'' (1967) * '' Bandits in Milan'' (1968) * '' The Sex of Angels'' (1968) * '' Machine Gun McCain'' (1969) * '' The Tough and the Mighty'' (1969) * '' Love and Anger'' (1969) * '' Help Me, My Love'' (1969) * '' Wake Up and Die'' (1969) * '' The Bandit'' (1969) * '' Man and Wife'' (1970) * '' May Morning'' (1970) * ''

'' (1970) * '' A Girl Called Jules'' (1970) * ''

The Cat o' Nine Tails ''The Cat o' Nine Tails'' ( it, Il gatto a nove code) is a 1971 ''giallo'' film written and directed by Dario Argento, adapted from a story by Dardano Sacchetti, Luigi Cozzi, and an uncredited Bryan Edgar Wallace. It stars Karl Malden, Jame ...

'' (1971) * ''

Black Turin ''Black Turin'' ( it, Torino nera) is a 1972 crime film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film received mixed reviews, but was commercially successful. Cast * Bud Spencer: Rosario Rao * Françoise Fabian: Lucia Rao * Marcel Bozzuffi: Fridda * Gu ...

'' (1972) * '' A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die'' (1972) * '' The Seduction of Mimi'' (1972) * '' My Dear Killer'' (1972) * '' I Kiss the Hand'' (1973) * ''

Love and Anarchy ''Love and Anarchy'' ( it, Film d'amore e d'anarchia, ovvero: stamattina alle 10, in via dei Fiori, nella nota casa di tolleranza..., lit=Film of love and anarchy, or rather: this morning at 10, in via dei Fiori, in the well-known brothel ...) i ...

'' (1973) * '' The Five Days'' (1973) * '' Swept Away'' (1974) * '' All Screwed Up'' (1974) * '' Seven Beauties'' (1975) * '' Deep Red'' (1975) * '' Last Days of Mussolini'' (1975) * '' Amore libero - Free Love'' (1975) * '' Basta che non si sappia in giro'' (1976) * ''

Strange Occasion ''Quelle strane occasioni'', internationally released as ''Strange Occasion'', is a 1976 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Luigi Magni. Loy didn't accept to sign his segment, ''Italian Superman'', that resu ...

'' (1976) * ''

And Agnes Chose to Die ''L'Agnese va a morire'', internationally released as ''And Agnes Chose to Die'', is a 1976 Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo. It is based on a novel of the same name by Renata Viganò which won the Viareggio Prize in 1949. Cast ...

'' (1976) * ''

Paura in città ''Paura in città'' (internationally titled ''Fear in the City'', ''Street War'' and ''Hot Stuff'') is a 1976 Italian '' poliziottesco'' action film directed by Giuseppe Rosati. Cast *Maurizio Merli as Commissioner Mario Murri *James Mason as ...

'' (1976) * '' Suspiria'' (1977) * ''

Kleinhoff Hotel ''Kleinhoff Hotel'' is a 1977 erotic drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. Plot Pascale is a rich and beautiful French lady married to an architect, both often traveling around the world for work and then far away from each other. Just one of th ...

'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1978) * '' A Night Full of Rain'' (1978) * '' The Perfect Crime'' (1978) * ''

Tigers in Lipstick ''Tigers in Lipstick'' ( it, Letti selvaggi) is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa, starring Ursula Andress, Laura Antonelli, Sylvia Kristel and Monica Vitti. It was Zampa's final film. It is an anthology of 8 unrelated vignette ...

'' (1979) * ''

Inferno Inferno may refer to: * Hell, an afterlife place of suffering * Conflagration, a large uncontrolled fire Film * ''L'Inferno'', a 1911 Italian film * ''Inferno'' (1953 film), a film noir by Roy Ward Baker * ''Inferno'' (1973 film), a German ...

'' (1980) * '' Café Express'' (1980) * ''

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'' (1980) * '' Comin' at Ya!'' (1981) * '' Tenebrae'' (1982) * '' Where's Picone?'' (1983) * '' A Joke of Destiny'' (1983) * '' Treasure of the Four Crowns'' (1983) * '' Petomaniac'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1985) * ''

'' (1985) * '' Amici miei – Atto III'' (1985) * '' Demons 2 '' (1986) * ''

'' (1987) * '' Sweets from a Stranger'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1989) * '' Scugnizzi'' (1989) * ''

'' (1990) * '' The Devil's Daughter'' (1991) * '' Blue Tornado'' (1991) * '' The Wicked'' (1991) * '' The Monster'' (1994) * '' Cemetery Man'' (1994) * ''

Kaputt Mundi ''Kaputt Mundi'' ( it, L'ultimo capodanno) is a 1998 Italian comedy drama film directed by Marco Risi. It is based on the short story '' L'ultimo capodanno dell'umanità'' by Niccolò Ammaniti. Cast * Monica Bellucci: Giulia Giovannini * M ...

'' (1998)

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