Massimo Scaglione

{{Short description|Italian television director, writer and politician}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date|19 September 1931}}

| birth_place =Garessio, Italy

| death_date = {{death-date and age|8 October 2015|19 September 1931}}

| death_place = Turin, Italy

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Massimo Scaglione (19 September 1931 – 8 October 2015) was an Italian television director, writer and politician.

Life and career

Born in Garessio, Cuneo, Scaglione graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Turin.{{cite book|last1=Raffaello Canteri, Achille Ottaviani|title=I cento giorni della Lega: gli 80 parlamentari a Roma : le storie, le battaglie, l'impegno politico|publisher=Euronobel, 1992}} He was employed by RAI in 1955, and directed over 1,000 television programs, TV-movies, series and stage works.{{cite news|title=E' morto Massimo Scaglione, regista e uomo di teatro, fondatore del Teatro delle Dieci|url=http://www.quotidianopiemontese.it/2015/10/08/e-morto-massimo-scaglione-regista-e-uomo-di-teatro-fondatore-del-teatro-delle-dieci/#.ViZyOSsQTAZ|accessdate=20 October 2015|work=Quotidiano Piemontese|date=8 October 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Daniele Cavalla|title=È morto il regista Massimo Scaglione: il suo "Mocambo Bar" lanciò Paolo Conte|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/10/08/cronaca/morto-il-regista-massimo-scaglione-il-suo-mocambo-bar-lanci-paolo-conte-r9TuinoSYSlFHOiS7a0LVL/pagina.html|accessdate=20 October 2015|work=La Stampa|date=8 October 2015}} He wrote several essays on the history of the theater, directed a drama school, the "Centro di Formazione Teatro delle Dieci", and held theatre courses at the DAMS department of University of Turin. He was among the founders of the right wing party Lega Nord Piemont and was elected senator for two legislatures.{{cite news|title=Addio al regista Scaglione, fu anche fondatore della Lega Nord|url=http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/10/08/news/addio_al_regista_scaglione_fu_anche_fondatore_della_lega_nord-124609665/|accessdate=20 October 2015|work=La Repubblica|date=8 October 2015}}