Sergio Citti

{{Short description|Italian film director and screenwriter}}

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| name = Sergio Citti

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|5|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Rome, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|10|11|1933|5|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

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| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1961–2005

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Sergio Citti (30 May 1933 – 11 October 2005) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, born in Rome. He often worked with Pier Paolo Pasolini but also worked for others such as Ettore Scola. His own films include We Free Kings, for which he won a Silver Ribbon for Best Original Story.{{cite book|last=Enrico Lancia|title=I premi del cinema|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877422211|year=1998}}

His 1981 film Il minestrone was entered into the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082752/awards |title=IMDB.com: Awards for Il minestrone |accessdate=2010-08-30 |publisher=IMDb}} His 1977 film Beach House was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.{{Cite web |url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/1937-1988/ |title=Italian Comedy – The State of Things |accessdate=2010-08-01 |work=labiennale.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801004911/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/festival/lineup/off-sel/1937-1988/ |archivedate=1 August 2010 }}

He died in 2005 of a heart attack.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nvGCwAAQBAJ&q=Sergio+Citti+died&pg=PA68 | title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture| isbn=9780786452101| date=24 October 2008| publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers}} He was the brother of actor Franco Citti.