Background
Quilici, Folco was born on April 9, 1930 in Ferrara, Italy. Son of Nello and Emma (Buzzacchi) Quilici.
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Quilici, Folco was born on April 9, 1930 in Ferrara, Italy. Son of Nello and Emma (Buzzacchi) Quilici.
Graduate, Experimental Cinema Center, 1952.
Director, producer films including: Blue Continent (1st prize award Plata Festival 1957), 1954, Tiko and the Shark (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization award1964), 1961, Voyage of Tanai (Special prize award Taormina Festival 1971), 1971, Brother Sea (1st prize award International Festival of Cartagena 1976, official Italian selection International Festival Teheran 1976), 1975, Tuscany from the Sky (Oscar nomination 1972), 1970, Angel and the Mermaid, 1979, Danger Adrift, 1991 (Columbia Broadcasting System-television). Director, producer television seriesincluding: In Search of Africa (1st prize award International Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar 1965), 1964, India (television-Journalism Top award Italy1969), 1968, Mediterranean (television-Journalism Top award France 1976), 1971-1975, Italy from the Sky, 1965-1977, European Manitoba (with Fernand Brandel), 1980-1982, The World of the Baroque (television Cultural Film Top award Italy 1982), 1982. Louisiana Grand Epoque, 1985.
Novels include: Blue Continent(Marzotto Literature prize 1955), 1955, Brother Sea, 1976, Manitoba and the Sea, 1976, Mediterranean (Malta Literature prize 1981), 1980, Africa (Estense prize), 1995, Mike the Angel, 1997, Naufraghi, 1998.
1 child, Brando.