Marco Ferreri

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-05-11 (69 years old)

Deathday

1997-05-09

Place of Birth

Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Marco Ferreri

Biography

Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Milan and died in Paris of a myocardial infarction. Upon his death, Gilles Jacob, artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, said: The Italian cinema has lost one of its most original artists, one of its most personal authors (...) No one was more demanding nor more allegorical than he in showing the state of crisis of contemporary man. His best known film is La Grande Bouffe, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and Ugo Tognazzi. His 1979 film Chiedo asilo won him the Silver Bear - Special...

Acting

1979

An Almost Perfect Affair

as Self (uncredited)

1967

The Seventh Floor

as dottor Salamoia

1969

Pigsty

as Hans Günther

1974

Don't Touch the White Woman!

as The Reporter (uncredited)

1967

Ferreri

as Himself

1965

Kiss the Other Sheik

as (segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)

1970

Wind from the East

as (uncredited)

2008

1970

1953

Love in the City

as Man in Trinità de' Monti (segment "Gli italiani si voltano")

1969

The Seed of Man

as Beach house owner

1965

Casanova '70

as il conte

1959

The Little Apartment

as Luisito - el casero (uncredited)

1954

The Boarder

as ex-fumatore grasso

2017

2016

Porn to Be Free

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2017

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

1955

Production

1951

1973

La Grande Bouffe

as Director

1976

The Last Woman

as Director

1953

Love in the City

as Producer

1978

Bye Bye Monkey

as Director

1972

Liza

as Director

1964

The Ape Woman

as Director

1963

The Conjugal Bed

as Director

1963

The Conjugal Bed

as Screenplay

1984

1972

The Audience

as Director

1979

Seeking Asylum

as Director

1979

1991

The Flesh

as Director

1962

Mafioso

as Screenplay

1983

1983

The Story of Piera

as Screenplay

1964

Controsesso

as Director

1969

1959

Los chicos

as Director

1965

1960

The Wheelchair

as Screenplay

1960

The Wheelchair

as Director

1967

The Harem

as Director

1969

The Seed of Man

as Director

1966

1991

1991

1989

Plato's Banquet

as Director

1986

I Love You

as Director

1993

1997

Nitrate Base

as Director

1986

I Love You

as Writer

1959

1961

Latin Lovers

as Director

1976

1953

1972

The Audience

as Screenplay

1972

The Audience

as Story

1964

The Ape Woman

as Writer

1993

1961

Latin Lovers

as Screenplay

1988

How Good the Whites Are

as Production Design

1972

Liza

as Writer

1984

1978

1966

The Wedding March

as Screenplay

1966

1963

1964

Controsesso

as Screenplay

1967

The Harem

as Screenplay

1969

The Seed of Man

as Screenplay

1967

The Harem

as Story

1969

1959

1971

The Lion Has Seven Heads

as Production Manager

1969

1978

Yerma

as Director

1973

La Grande Bouffe

as Screenplay

1953

1970

Wind from the East

as Executive Producer

1969

Dillinger Is Dead

as Screenplay

1991

The Flesh

as Writer

1959

Los chicos

as Writer

1966

Corrida!

as Director

1989

1955

1995

Do What Thou Wilt

as Screenplay

1995

1997

Nitrate Base

as Writer

1983

1983

Toxic Love

as Presenter

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