Person
Franco Brocani
Directing · 1938–2023 · Murazzano, Piedmont, Italy
Biography
Franco Brocani was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was known for his avant-garde and experimental approach to cinema. Brocani directed films such as Necropolis (1970), which explored themes of death and the supernatural. His work often challenged traditional narrative structures, contributing to the experimental film movement in Italy.
Known for
By Now My Return to Knossos Is Certain
Director

Screck!
Director

Sex of the Witch
Writer

On Poetry
Director
Schifanosaurus Rex
Director

Necropolis
Director

Love and Anger
Assistant Director
The Minotaur Mask
Director
The Hippogriff
Director

The Return of the Exorcist
Writer
Filmography
- 2009Schifanosaurus RexDirector
- 2007Marco Ferreri: The Director Who Came from the FutureSelf
- 2006Le opere e i giorniDirector
- 2002Medicina, i misteriDirector
- 1997Triumph and RuinsDirector
- 1984On PoetryDirector
- 1982Clodia - FragmentaScreenplay
- 1975La città sublimeDirector
- 1975S.P.Q.R.Director
- 1975The Return of the ExorcistWriter
- 1974The HippogriffDirector
- 1973Sex of the WitchWriter
- 1972Signal from a Dying PlanetDirector
- 1972Homage to William BlakeDirector
- 1972Umano, decifrabile perdutoDirector
- 1971LexiomatiaDirector
- 1971Il racconto del naufragoDirector
- 1971InsaziabilitàDirector
- 1971Click!Director
- 1971Il CentauroDirector
- 1971Night, Proud SisterDirector
- 1971The Minotaur MaskDirector
- 1970NecropolisDirector
- 1970L'InventoreDirector
- 1970Considerazioni sul romanzo e sulla pitturaDirector
- 1970The Cage-Shaped MirrorDirector
- 1969Love and AngerAssistant Director
- 1969The Sequence of the Paper FlowerAssistant Director
- 1969Umano Non UmanoSelf
- 1969Transplantation, Consumption and Death of Franco Brocani
- 1968Due o tre cose: a proposito di W. HayterDirector
- 1967Chi mi pettina?Director
- 1967A settentrioneDirector
- 1967By Now My Return to Knossos Is CertainDirector
- 1967Il pantanoWriter
- 1966Screck!Director
- 1966Il neroWriter
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