Maria Basaglia (1912 – 5 May 1998)[1] was an Italian director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Cremona, Basaglia started her career as dubbing director for the production company Scalera Film.[2] Between 1939 and 1944 she wrote several films, mainly collaborating with her husband Marcello Albani; during the war she moved to Venice, where she collaborated on several film productions of the short-lived Republic of Salo.[2] After the war, Basaglia directed two films, the comedy Sua altezza ha detto no and the melodrama Sangue di zingara.[2] In 1957 she moved with her husband to Brazil, where they founded the production company Paulistánia Film.[3]

Filmography

  • Angelica, directed by Jean Choux (1939), screenwriter
  • Ultima giovinezza, directed by Jeff Musso (1939), screenwriter
  • Papà Lebonnard, directed by Marcello Albani (1939), screenwriter
  • Boccaccio, directed by Marcello Albani (1940), screenwriter
  • Il bazar delle idee, directed by Marcello Albani (1941), screenwriter
  • Divieto di sosta, directed by Marcello Albani (1942), screenwriter
  • Redenzione, directed by Marcello Albani (1942), screenwriter
  • L'ultimo sogno, directed by Marcello Albani (1946), screenwriter
  • Sua Altezza ha detto: no!, (1953), screenwriter and director
  • Sangue di zingara, (1956), director

References

  1. ↑ Barro, Maximo (16 August 2017). Participação italiana no cinema brasileiro (in Portuguese). Editora SESI. ISBN 978-8582058596.
  2. 1 2 3 Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002. p. 363. ISBN 8884401712.
  3. ↑ Fernão Ramos, Luiz Felipe Miranda (2000). Enciclopédia do cinema brasileiro. SENAC São Paulo, 2000. ISBN 8573590939.


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