Franco Maresco
Franco Maresco is an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his collaborations with Daniele Ciprì in their former duo Ciprì & Maresco, in which they directed a large number of documentaries and short film, alongside the critically acclaimed The Return of Cagliostro (2003). His solo credits includes the docu-fictions Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (2014), and The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be (2019) for which he won the Special Jury Prize.
Franco Maresco
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- Name
- Franco Maresco
- Born
- 5 May 1958
- Birthplace
- Palermo, Italy
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Nationality
- Italy
- Honours
- David di Donatello for Best Documentary
- Languages
- Italian
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Franco Maresco is an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for his collaborations with Daniele Ciprì in their former duo Ciprì & Maresco, in which they directed a large number of documentaries and short film, alongside the critically acclaimed The Return of Cagliostro (2003). His solo credits includes the docu-fictions Belluscone: A Sicilian Story (2014), and The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be (2019) for which he won the Special Jury Prize.
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• Name — Franco Maresco • Born — 5 May 1958 • Birthplace — Palermo, Italy • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • film editor • Years Active — 1992–present
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• Year — English title — Original title — Notes • 2014 — Belluscone: A Sicilian Story — Belluscone - una storia siciliana — Special Jury Prize at the Orizzonti section of the 71st Venice International Film Festival • 2015 — I Don’t Know the Men of this City — Gli uomini di questa città io non li conosco • 2019 — The Mafia Is No Longer What It Used to Be — La mafia non è più quella di una volta — Special Jury Prize at the 76th Venice International Film Festival • 2023 — Lovano Supreme • 2025 — Bravo Bene! — Un Film Fatto per Bene
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1958
Franco Maresco born at Palermo.
2003
Necro no(t to b)e: Scomparsi e scomparse di/da Daniele Ciprì e Franco Maresco (2003) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- 1.Boyd van Hoeij. 'Belluscone: A Sicilian Story' ('Belluscone: Una Storia Siciliana'): Venice Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 9 September 2014.
- 2.Anderson, Ariston. Venice: Todd Phillips' 'Joker' Wins Golden Lion, Roman Polanski Wins Silver Lion. The Hollywood Reporter. 7 September 2019.
- 3."La mafia non è più quella di una volta", il nuovo grottesco sguardo di Franco Maresco sulla Sicilia di oggi. Il Fatto Quotidiano. 23 May 2019.
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