Cecil Satariano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Maltese film director
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Place of Birth: Malta
About Cecil Satariano
- Cecil Satariano (1930–1996) was a Maltese film-maker, film critic, film censor and author.
- A self-taught amateur film maker he bought his first cine camera, a Canon 518 Super 8 camera as a Christmas present to himself in 1968.
- In 1970 his first film "I'm Furious...Red" gained a Ten Best award in the UK "Movie Maker" magazine competition, the first Super 8 film to do so.
- The following year with "Giuseppi" he won the top award in the same competition.
- His subsequent films "The Beach" and "Ilona" did not achieve the same recognition although "The Beach" also received a Ten Best trophy.
- His next film "Katarin" was shot on 16mm and took several years to make including the preparation of an English language soundtrack.
- "Katarin" was not entered into the Ten Best Competition but was distributed to cinemas by EMI in the UK as a short film.
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