Marcello Ciorciolini

Marcello Ciorciolini (16 January 1922 – 5 September 2011) was an Italian screenwriter, director, playwright, television and radio author and lyricist.

Marcello Ciorciolini
Born	16 January 1922 Rome, Italy
Died	5 September 2011 (aged 89) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Director

Life and career

Born in Rome, Ciorciolini began his career in 1950 as a radio writer, often collaborating with Alberto Talegalli.^[1] Shorty later he entered the cinema industry as a screenwriter, specializing in the comedy genre and also directing a number of films.^[1][2]

As a lyricist he was the author of several hits, notably Mina's "Una zebra a pois" and "Ti guarderò nel cuore", the theme song of Mondo cane.^[1] Between the 1970s and 1980s he was mainly active as an author of television variety shows.^[1][2] On stage, he was active as an author of revues and comedy plays, and more sporadically of dramas.^[1]

Ciorciolini was one of the favourite authors of the comic duo Franco and Ciccio, with whom he collaborated in television, cinema and even for some songs.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

Screenwriter

• Il coraggio (1955)
• Terror of the Red Mask (1960)
• The Huns (1960)
• The Vengeance of Ursus (1961)
• Two Mafiamen in the Far West (1964)
• I due toreri (1965)
• Two Mafiosi Against Goldfinger (1965)
• Two Sergeants of General Custer (1965)
• Red Roses for Angelica (1966)
• Two Sons of Ringo (1966)

Director and screenwriter

• Con rispetto parlando (1965)
• Black Box Affair (1966)
• I barbieri di Sicilia (1967)
• Tom Dollar (1967)
• Ciccio Forgives, I Don't (1968)
• The Nephews of Zorro (1968)
• Indovina chi viene a merenda? (1969)
• Meo Patacca (1972)