- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMarcantonio Ferreri
- Marco Ferreri was born on May 11, 1928 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Conte de la folie ordinaire (1981), L'audience (1972) and La petite voiture (1960). He was married to Jacqueline Ferreri. He died on May 9, 1997 in Paris, France.
- SpouseJacqueline Ferreri(? - May 9, 1997) (his death)
- Studied medicine at university but dropped out, and became first a liquor salesman and then, briefly, a journalist. First foray into film work was filming commercials, and as promoter of a cinema magazine. Worked in Spain from 1957, making his directorial debut there.
- Many of his films are black comedies or satirical observations of social conventions and middle-class sexual mores. He was at times criticised for his stridently bleak view of human nature.
- The London Sunday Times once called him "The Master of Bad Taste".
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 341-345. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
- Marco Ferreri was fluent in Spanish.
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