Fabio Pittorru

Fabio Pittorru (24 August 1928 – 4 September 1995) was an Italian novelist, essayist, screenwriter, journalist and film director.

Fabio Pittorru
Born24 August 1928 (1928-08-24)
Ferrara, Italy
Died4 September 1995 (1995-09-05) (aged 67)
Rome, Italy
OccupationWriter

Biography

Born in Ferrara, after the World War II Pittorru was very active in the local cultural scene, working as a documentarist and as a journalist. In the mid-1960s he moved to Rome, where he started a proficuous collaboration with Massimo Felisatti, writing some successful giallo novels and several film screenplays. He was also very active on television, co-creating with Felisatti the crime TV-series Qui squadra mobile, and writing a number of screenplays for television films.[1][2] In 1974, he wrote and directed the commedia sexy all'italiana Amore mio spogliati... che poi ti spiego!.[1]

Pittorru's literary works include biographies, historic essays and humorous novels.[2]

Selected filmography

Books

  • Violenza a Roma, with Massimo Felisatti. Garzanti, 1973.
  • Gli strateghi di Yalta, with Massimo Felisatti. Fabbri, 1974.
  • La spartizione del mondo. Fratelli Fabbri, 1974.
  • La Madama, with Massimo Felisatti. Garzanti, 1974.
  • Per vincere ci vogliono i leoni. with Massimo Felisatti. Mondadori, 1977.
  • Torquato Tasso: l'uomo, il poeta, il Cortigiano. Bompiani, 1982.
  • Agrippina imperatrice: sorella di Caligola, moglie di Claudio, madre di Nerone. Camunia, 1986.
  • Chi è senza peccato. Wilson, 1987.
  • Ciano: i giorni contati. Leonardo, 1991.
  • Il caso Vittoria Accoramboni. Net, 2004.

References

  1. Roberto Poppi (2002). "Pittorru, Fabio". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401712.
  2. Redazione (5 September 1995). "E' morto Fabio Pittorru". La Repubblica. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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