Turi Vasile (22 March 1922 - 1 September 2009) was an Italian producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film critic and author.

Life and career

Born in

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, Vasile started working as a playwright and a theatre director in the early 1940s. After being assistant of

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, starting from the mid-1940s he wrote a number of screenplays for films directed by

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and

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. From the 1950s Vasile focused into producing, and produced many

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s by notable directors such as

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. He was also active as a film director, a film critic and an author, and he was president of the National Institute of Ancient Drama.

Selected filmography

* '' Husband and Wife'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1968)

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* 1922 births 2009 deaths Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Writers from Messina Film people from the Metropolitan City of Messina 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub