Biagio Proietti

Biagio Proietti (23 June 1940 – 12 March 2022) was an Italian screenwriter, director and writer.

Biagio Proietti
Born	23 June 1940 (1940-06-23) Rome, Italy
Died	12 March 2022 (2022-03-13) (aged 81) Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, director

Life and career

Born in Rome, graduated in law,^[1] Proietti started his career as an assistant director of Francesco Maselli in Time of Indifference.^[2] He made a name for himself as a screenwriter of a number of successful television gialli films and series, often directed by Daniele D'Anza and which he often wrote together with his wife Vittoria Prisco.^[1][2][3] He made his directorial debut with the TV-movie Storia 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]

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold, directed by Francesco Maselli (1967)
• A Taste of Death, directed by Sergio Merolle (1968)
• Coralba [it] (TV, 1970)
• Death Occurred Last Night, directed by Duccio Tessari (1970)
• The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, directed by Giuseppe Bennati (1974)
• Dov'è Anna? [it] (TV, 1976)
• The Black Cat, directed by Lucio Fulci (1981)

Director and screenwriter

• Chewingum (1984)
• Puro cashmere [it] (1986)