Franco Marazzi

Franco Marazzi
Born	Franco Marazzi (1925-11-04)4 November 1925 Lugano, Switzerland
Died	21 September 2014(2014-09-21) (aged 88)
Occupation	Director

Franco Marazzi (4 November 1925 – 21 September 2014) was a Swiss director. He directed 9 films and shows in 7 years. He is mostly known for being the director in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956.^[1]

Marazzi started his career as a reporter in 1954 in Zürich.^[2] He first directed the Eurovision Song Contest 1956. In 1958, he was the creator of TSI.

Filmography

Film	Type	Year Directed
Eurovision Song Contest 1956	Show	1956
Eurovision Presents Pictures in the Sky	Movie	1957
Revue Mosaik	Movie	1959
Mike macht alles	Mini-Series	1961–1963
Settenote	Movie	1962
Trattoria Musicale	Movie	1962
Reportagen mit jedermann	Documentary	1963
Dinner for One	Short	1963
Grüsse aus Zürich	Movie	1963

References

1. "Lugano 1956". Eurovision Song Contest.
2. Quotidiano, Dal (22 September 2014). "Franco Marazzi died (in French)". RSI News.

External links

• Franco Marazzi at IMDb
• Franco Marazzi, in: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS)