Biagio Proietti | |
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Born | 23 June 1940 (1940-06-23) |
Died | 12 March 2022 (2022-03-13) (aged 81) Rome, Italy |
Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, director |
Biagio Proietti (23 June 1940 – 12 March 2022) was an Italian screenwriter, director and writer.
Born inRome, graduated in law,[1] Proietti started his career as an assistant director ofFrancesco Maselli inTime of Indifference.[2] He made a name for himself as a screenwriter of a number of successful televisiongialli films and series, often directed byDaniele D'Anza and which he often wrote together with his wife Vittoria Prisco.[1][2][3] He made his directorial debut with the TV-movieStoria senza parole, and in the 1980s directed two teen comedies.[1][2][3]
Proietti was also a novelist, a radio writer, a playwright and a documentarist.[1][2] He died on 12 March 2022, at the age of 81.[1]