Born in Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy in 1925 he began to work as
stage-manager in 1942. After that he directed more than a hundred works
of
Luigi Pirandello,
Samuel Beckett (which he introduced to Italy for the first time in
1958), and many other authors. In the sixties and seventies, he worked
for Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) and he was production manager for a
long series of TV Movies and Miniseries based on the novels of
Georges Simenon
and on an original character, Lt. Sheridan, created by
Mario Casacci and
Alberto Ciambricco. In 1978 he wrote his first novel. Then in 1994 he published
his first mystery in which appeared the character Salvo Montalbano,
based on Jules Maigret, which became a bestseller. Its title was _Forma
dell'acqua, La (2000) (TV)_ and later many TV Movies were based on his
works. He is married, has three daughters and four grandchildren. He
lives in Rome.
L'indizio (cinque inchieste per un commissario)(1982)
Detective Montalbano(1999)
La stagione della caccia: c'era una volta Vigata(2019)
Conversazione su Tiresia(2018)
La mossa del cavallo: c'era una volta Vigata(2018)
The Young Montalbano(2012)
The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily(2019)as Orso Anziano
Caro Paolo(2013)as Narrator
La strategia della maschera(1998)as Briano Teo Calvani
Guerra di spie(1989)as Salvatore Caramelo
Delitti esemplari(1988)
Western di cose nostre(1984)
Maigret(1964)
La donna di quadri(1968)
Sheridan: Squadra omicidi(1967)
Calidoscopi Montalbán(2012)
Che tempo che fa(2003)as Self - Guest, Self - Guest (segment: Che fuori tempo che fa)
Milano, la citta' dei libri: Giants in Milan vol. 9(2018)
Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori(2018)as Self - Guest