Franco Fraticelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian film editor
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Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
About Franco Fraticelli
- Franco Fraticelli (30 August 1928 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2012 in Rome) was an Italian film editor with more than 150 film credits.
- Fraticelli was director Dario Argento's editor of choice from his earliest films (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage-1969) through Opera (1987).He also had an important collaboration with director Lina Wertmüller, commencing with her third film Rita the Mosquito (1966).
- Fraticelli edited nine more of her films through A Joke of Destiny (1983).
- In particular, Fraticelli edited Seven Beauties (1976).
- This film, which has been called her masterpiece, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
- It was the very first nomination of a woman for the award. Fraticelli was nominated for the David di Donatello award for editing Boys on the Outside (directed by Marco Risi - 1990); Fraticelli subsequently edited two more films with Risi, Nel Continente Nero (1993) and L'ultimo Capodonno.
- In 2006 his career was honored by a Kineo Award.
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