Massimo Felisatti (12 May 19327 September 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and director.

Biography

Born in

Ferrara Ferrara (; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, capital of the province of Ferrara. it had 132,009 inhabitants. It is situated northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main ...

, Felisatti graduated in Modern Letters, and then he started collaborating with some local newspapers, also directing the cultural magazine ''Ferrara''. In 1966 he moved to Rome, where he first worked as translator and essayist. In the 1970s, he started a proficuous collaboration with the writer Fabio Pittorru, debuting with the successful

giallo In Italian cinema, (; : ; from , ) is a genre that often contains Slasher film, slasher, thriller (genre), thriller, psychological horror, psychological thriller, Sexploitation film, sexploitation, and, less frequently, supernatural, supernat ...

novel ''Violenza a Roma'', and writing screenplays for numerous films and for the crime TV-series '' Qui squadra mobile''. Felisatti was also active as a film director, co-directing with

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the

poliziottesco ''Poliziotteschi'' (; : ''poliziottesco'') constitute a subgenre of crime and action films that emerged in Italy in the late 1960s and reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s. They are also known as ''polizieschi all'italiana'', ''I ...

'' Terror in Rome'' (1976) and a segment of the anthology film '' Un altro mondo è possibile'' (2001).

Screenplays

* ''Il primo premio si chiama Irene'', directed by Renzo Ragazzi (1969) * '' Blow Hot, Blow Cold'', directed by

Florestano Vancini Florestano Vancini (24 August 1926 – 18 September 2008) was an cinema of Italy, Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed over 20 films since 1960. His 1966 film ''Seasons of Our Love, Le stagioni del nostro amore'', starring Enr ...

(1970) * '' The Weekend Murders'', directed by

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(1970) * ''Quando gli uomini armarono la clava e... con le donne fecero din don'', directed by

Bruno Corbucci Bruno Corbucci (23 October 1931 – 7 September 1996) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He was the younger brother of Sergio Corbucci and wrote many of his films. He was born in Rome, where he also died. The vast majority of h ...

(1971) * ''

The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave ''The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave'' () is a 1971 Italian '' gothic'' film directed by Emilio Miraglia. Plot Alan ( Anthony Steffen) is a wealthy aristocrat who has just been released from a mental institution following the death of his wi ...

'', directed by Emilio P. Miraglia (1971) * '' Shadows Unseen'', directed by Camillo Bazzoni (1972) * '' The Sicilian Checkmate'', directed by Florestano Vancini (1972) * '' The Body'', directed by

Luigi Scattini Luigi Scattini (17 May 1927 – 12 July 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Scattini graduated in law, then he began his career as a journalist and a film critic for several weekly magazines such as ''Gente (magazine), Gente ...

(1974) * '' Silent Action'', directed by

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(1975) * ''

Calling All Police Cars ''Calling All Police Cars'' (, literally "...To All the Police Cars") is a 1975 Italian giallo/poliziottesco film. It stars Antonio Sabàto, Gabriele Ferzetti and Enrico Maria Salerno. The film is very graphic for its time, with excessive gore a ...

'', directed by

Mario Caiano Mario Caiano (February 13, 1933 – September 20, 2015) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, art director and second unit director. Career Born in Rome, he directed nearly 50 films between 1961 and 2001 and wr ...

(1975) * ''

Nude per l'assassino ''Nude per l'assassino'' ( English: ''Strip Nude for Your Killer'') is a 1975 ''giallo'' film directed by Andrea Bianchi. Written by Massimo Felisatti, the film stars Nino Castelnuovo, Edwige Fenech and Solvi Stubing, and features music by Bert ...

'', directed by

Andrea Bianchi Andrea Bianchi (31 March 1925 – 14 November 2013) was an Italian film Film director, director and writer. Filmography * ''Night Hair Child, Diabólica malicia'' (1972) (as Andrew White) (uncredited in English version) * ''Treasure Island (1972 ...

(1975) * '' Sexycop'', directed by

Duccio Tessari Duccio Tessari (11 October 1926 – 6 September 1994) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, considered one of the fathers of Spaghetti Westerns. Born in Genoa, Tessari started in the fifties as documentarist and as screenwriter ...

(1975) * ''

Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife ''Confessions of a Frustrated Housewife'' () is a 1976 Italian drama film directed by Andrea Bianchi and starring Carroll Baker. Cast * Carroll Baker as Laura * Adolfo Celi as Antonio Lenzini * Cesare Barro as Claudio * Luigi Pistilli as Carlo * ...

'', directed by Andrea Bianchi (1976) * ''

Il disertore ''Il disertore'' (also known as ''The Deserter'') is a 1983 Italian war drama film written and directed by Giuliana Berlinguer. It is based on the novel with the same name by Giuseppe Dessì. It was entered into the competition at the 40th editi ...

'', directed by

Giuliana Berlinguer Giuliana Berlinguer (; 23 November 1933 – 15 September 2014) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and novelist. Life and career Born in Mantua, Berlinguer studied at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she graduated in sta ...

(1983) * '' La neve nel bicchiere'', directed by Florestano Vancini (1984) * ''Un uomo di razza'', directed by Bruno Rasia (1989) * ''Sulla spiaggia e di là dal molo'', directed by

Giovanni Fago Giovanni Fago (born 25 April 1933) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Fago began his cinema career in 1959 as assistant director of, among others, Mario Monicelli, Camillo Mastrocinque, Vittorio De Sica, Renato Castellani, Jos ...

(1999) * ''L'appuntamento'', directed by Veronica Bilbao La Vieja (2002) * ''Amorfù'', directed by Emanuela Piovano (2003) * ''

Pontormo – Un amore eretico Jacopo Carucci or Carrucci (; May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo (da) Pontormo or simply Pontormo (), was an Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School. His work represents a profound stylistic ...

'', directed by Giovanni Fago (2004) * ''E ridendo l'uccise'', directed by Florestano Vancini (2005)

Books

* ''Violenza a Roma'', with Fabio Pittorru. Milan, Garzanti, 1973. * ''Gli strateghi di Yalta'', with Fabio Pittorru. Milan, Fabbri, 1974. * ''La Madama'', with Fabio Pittorru. Milan, Garzanti, 1974. * ''Un delitto della polizia?''. Milan, Bompiani, 1975. * ''La nipote scomoda'', with Bruno Gambarotta. Milan, Mondadori, 1977. * ''Per vincere ci vogliono i leoni''. with Fabio Pittorru, Milan, Mondadori, 1977. * ''Qui squadra mobile''. Milan, Garzanti, 1978. * ''Agave'', with Andrea Santini. Milan, Rizzoli, 1981. * ''Isabella d'Este''. Milan, Bompiani, 1982. * ''Storia di Ferrara, terra d'acqua e di cielo''. Milan, Camunia, 1986. * ''O dolce terra addio'', with

Marco Leto Marco Leto (18 January 1931 – 21 April 2016) was an Italian film and television director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Leto started his career in the 1950s as an assistant director in a large number of films. In 1965 he started a colla ...

. Milan, Rizzoli, 1987. * ''Baruffino buffone''. Ferrara, Liberty House, 1991. * ''Tutta per gli occhi'', in Carlo Bassi et al., ''Ferrara 1492-1992''. Ferrara, Corbo, 1992. pp. 294–295. * ''Corso di sceneggiatura'', with Lucio Battistrada. Milan, Sansoni, 1993. * ''Rosso su nero''. Milan, Mondadori, 1996. * ''A teatro con gli Estensi''. Ferrara, Corbo, 1999. * ''Sette colli in nero'', anthology of short stories edited by Gian Franco Orsi. Milan, Alacran, 2006.

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