Biagio Proietti

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

Life and career
Born in Rome, graduated in law, Proietti started his career as an assistant director of Francesco Maselli in Time of Indifference. 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. He made his directorial debut with the TV-movie Storia senza parole, and in the 1980s directed two teen comedies.

Proietti was also a novelist, a radio writer, a playwright and a documentarist. He died on 12 March 2022, at the age of 81.

Selected filmography

 * Screenwriter
 * Kill Me Quick, I'm Cold, directed by Francesco Maselli (1967)
 *  (TV, 1970)
 * Death Occurred Last Night, directed by Duccio Tessari (1970)
 * The Killer Reserved Nine Seats, directed by Giuseppe Bennati (1974)
 *  (TV, 1976)
 * The Black Cat, directed by Lucio Fulci (1981)


 * Director and screenwriter
 * Chewingum (1984)
 *  (1986)