Silverio Blasi (17 November 1921 – 27 April 1995) was an Italian television and stage director, actor and screenwriter. Born in

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, Blasi was co-founder, together with

Giorgio De Lullo Giorgio De Lullo (24 April 1921 – 10 July 1981) was an Italian actor and stage director. Born in Rome, in 1943 De Lullo enrolled at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, but after two years he was forced to leave the courses as he had ...

Goliarda Sapienza Goliarda Sapienza (10 May 1924 – 30 August 1996) was an Italian actress and writer. She is best known for her 1998 novel '' L'arte della gioia'' (The Art of Joy). Life Early life Sapienza was born on 10 May 1924 in Catania, Sicily to Maria Giud ...

and

Mario Landi Mario Landi (12 October 1920 – 18 March 1992) was an Italian director known for his giallo movies such as ''Giallo a Venezia'' and his television series ''Le inchieste del commissario Maigret''. Life and career Born in Messina, Sicily, Landi ...

, of the avant-garge theater company "T. 45".Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . After several collaborations with

Anton Giulio Bragaglia __NOTOC__ Anton Giulio Bragaglia (11 February 1890 – 15 July 1960) was a pioneer in Italian Futurist photography and Futurist cinema. A versatile and intellectual artist with wide interests, he wrote about film, theatre, and dance. Early li ...

, in 1954 Blasi started a long collaboration with

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, for which he write and directed a large number of miniseries and television films. Blasi was also an occasional film actor, mostly cast in

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s in

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* 1921 births 1995 deaths Italian television directors Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Male actors from Rome Film directors from Rome Italian theatre directors Italian male screenwriters People of Lazian descent 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-bio-stub