Folco Quilici (9 April 1930 – 24 February 2018)
was an Italian
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
.
He directed a total of 22 films between 1952 and his retirement in 2005,
including ''
Tiko and the Shark
''Tiko and the Shark'' ( it, Ti-Koyo e il suo pescecane) is a 1962 film directed by Folco Quilici and based on a novel ''Ti-Coyo and His Shark'' by Clement Richer. An international co-production of France and Italy, the film's plot follows the fri ...
'' (
it). His 1955 film ''L'ultimo paradiso'' won the
Silver Bear
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festi ...
in the documentary category at the
7th Berlin International Film Festival
The 7th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 21 June to 2 July 1957. The International Federation of Film Critics awarded FIPRESCI Award for the first time this year. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film ''12 Angry ...
.
Death
Quilici died in
Orvieto
Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...
, Italy of a
stroke
A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop functionin ...
on 24 February 2018 at the age of 87.
''The Outdoor Journal''. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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1930 births
2018 deaths
Italian film directors
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Underwater photographers
People from Ferrara
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