Franco Migliacci

Francesco"Franco"Migliacci(Italian pronunciation:[ˈfraŋkomiʎˈʎattʃi];28 October 1930 – 15 September 2023) was an Italian lyricist, producer, and actor.

Franco Migliacci
Migliacci in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Francesco Migliacci
Born	(1930-10-28)28 October 1930 Mantua,Italy
Died	15 September 2023(2023-09-15)(aged 92) Rome,Italy

Biography

Migliacci studied inFlorencewhere his family had settled, here he entered in a competition for young players, in which he won a stay of three days toCinecittàand a modest role in a film byNino Taranto.

After this, he moved toRomeand the world of cinema where he worked in small parts in about 18 films.

In 1958, withDomenico Modugno,Migliacci co-authored the song "Nel blu, dipinto di blu",also known as"Volare",which has become one of the most well-known Italian songs in the world. While the words of the title," in the blue, painted blue, "seem to make no sense, they actually do when one understands the inspiration for the song came out of a wine fueled vision of Franco's combining his memory of twoMarc Chagallpaintings and himself painted blue with the ability to fly.

Afterward, he worked in drama series for television and severalradio plays.He was then the illustrator forThe Pioneerchildren's magazine directed byGianni Rodari.

Migliacci died on 15 September 2023, at the age of 92.

Filmography

Franco Migliacci from the cover of theCineguidamagazine (1953)

• Viale della speranza,directed byDino Risi(1952)
• Carica eroica,directed byFrancesco De Robertis(1952)
• Amori di mezzo secolo,directed byPietro Germi(1953)
• Ci troviamo in galleria,directed byMauro Bolognini(1953)
• L'arte di arrangiarsi,directed byLuigi Zampa(1954)
• Non scherzare con le donne,directed byGiuseppe Bennati(1955)
• Serenata al vento,directed byLuigi De Marchi(1956)
• Noi siamo le colonne,directed byLuigi Filippo D'Amico(1956)
• Una voce una chitarra un po' di luna,directed byGiacomo Gentilomo(1956)
• Ho amato una diva,directed byLuigi De Marchi(1957)
• Vivendo cantando che male ti fò?,directed byMarino Girolami(1957)
• Giovane canaglia,directed byGiuseppe Vari(1958)
• Ladro lui, ladra lei,directed byLuigi Zampa(1958)
• Nel blu dipinto di blu,directed byPiero Tellini(1959)
• Tutto è musica,directed byDomenico Modugno(1963), soggetto e sceneggiatura
• Per amore... per magia...,directed byDuccio Tessari(1967), sceneggiatura
• Heidi a scuola,directed byIsao Takahata(1972), musiche

External links

• Official site(in Italian)
• Franco MigliacciatIMDb
• Franco Migliaccidiscography atDiscogs