Maurizio Costanzo

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Maurizio Costanzo (born August 28, 1938) is an Italian television host, journalist and academic. He is married to Maria De Filippi, an Italian television host.

Biography

Costanzo was born in Rome.

He began his career as a journalist, and in the late 1970s appeared in several television shows, before creating his most famous show, The Maurizio Costanzo Show, currently the most important and longest-lasting talk show in Italy. Costanzo's TV style includes subtle, low-profile irony.^[1]

He also wrote the screenplays for several films, as well as the lyrics of an appreciated song, "Se telefonando", made famous by Italian singer Mina, together with Ennio Morricone's music.

Costanzo had worked for the main TV channel of the Italian premier, Silvio Berlusconi, Canale 5, of which he was also the artistic director.

In 2010 he moved to RAI, presenting the talk show Bontà sua.^[2]

He is also the "communication-agent" (an aesthetical and rhetorical consultant for public appearances) of many important Italian political leaders. Costanzo was a proven member of the Propaganda 2 masonic lodge (membership number 1819).

His son Saverio is a film director.

Since 2011 collaborates with Radio Manà Manà.^[3]

Film

Screenwriter

1968 - A qualsiasi prezzo, of Emilio P. Miraglia
1969 - I quattro del pater noster, of Ruggero Deodato
1969 - Il giovane normale,of Dino Risi
1970 - Cerca di capirmi, of Mariano Laurenti
1976 - Al piacere di rivederla,of Marco Leto
1976 - Bordella, of Pupi Avati
1976 - La casa dalle finestre che ridono, of Pupi Avati
1977 - L'altra metà del cielo,of Franco Rossi
1977 - Una giornata particolare,of Ettore Scola
1977 - Tutti defunti... tranne i morti,of Pupi Avati
1978 - Melodrammore,of Mauricio Costanzo
1978 - Jazz band - Film TV,of Pupi Avati
1979 - Cinema!!! - Film TV,of Pupi Avati
1983 - Zeder,of Pupi Avati
2003 - Per sempre,of Alessandro Di Robilant
2005 - Troppo belli, of Ugo Fabrizio Giordani
2007 - Voce del verbo amore, of Andrea Manni

Academic career

He is a professor at the Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano.^[4]

References

↑ Biografieonline - Maurizio Costanzo
↑ Tvblog - Maurizio Costanzo torna in Rai: Non per soldi ma per amore
↑ '%20MANA'.htm StoriaRadioTv
↑ "Maurizio Costanzo è uno dei nuovi docenti dell'Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano". Le Novae. Retrieved 13 july 2012.

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 85111479 LCCN: n80035799 ISNI: 0000 0001 1680 9611 GND: 119502062 BNF: cb14089397k

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Name	Costanzo, Maurizio
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Date of birth	August 28, 1938
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