Mariano Laurenti Explained

Mariano Laurenti
Birth Date:	15 April 1929
Birth Place:	Rome, Italy
Death Place:	Gubbio, Italy
Othername:	Francesco Martino
Occupation:	Film director
Yearsactive:	1966–1999

Mariano Laurenti (15 April 1929 – 6 January 2022) was an Italian film director and actor.

Career

He started as a script supervisor and later became an assistant director for, among others, Mauro Bolognini and Stefano Vanzina.^[1] He directed 50 films between 1966 and 1999, being mainly active in the "commedia sexy all'italiana" genre.^[1] Laurenti died in Gubbio on 6 January 2022, at the age of 92.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Il vostro super agente Flit (1966)
• Zingara (1969)
• Satiricosissimo (1970)
• I due maghi del pallone (1970)
• Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972)
• Naughty Nun (1972)
• Il figlioccio del padrino (1973)
• The Inconsolable Widow Thanks All Those Who Consoled Her (1973)
• The Family Vice (1975)
• L'affittacamere (1976)
• Classe mista (1976)
• My Father's Private Secretary (1976)
• The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High (1977)
• La compagna di banco (1977)
• Per amore di Poppea (1977)
• La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti (1978)
• How to Seduce Your Teacher (1979)
• L'infermiera di notte (1979)
• The Nurse in the Military Madhouse (1979)
• La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside (1980)
• La settimana bianca (1980)
• Il ficcanaso (1981)
• L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto (1981)

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberto Poppi. I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore, 2002.
2. News: Boccucci . Massimo . Addio al popolare regista Mariano Laurenti. Stava a Gubbio da 15 anni dopo aver diretto tanti attori della commedia italiana . 7 January 2022 . Vivo Gubbio . 7 January 2022.