Biografia
Rossella Drudi, an Italian writer, screenwriter, producer, and director from Rome, specialized in pedagogy and developmental psychology after training in classical studies. At 12, she began writing horror comic stories under the pseudonym Ghibly, using a post office box from Rome to Milan. To get her work considered, Drudi posed as an adult male. At sixteen, she learned editing after school. By eighteen, she was adapting and writing dialogue for American and South American TV series, also working in dubbing. At twenty, she became a script reader for an American company in Rome, where she rewrote weak scripts and discarded unsalvageable ones. Within months, she was hired as a screenwriter, though she couldn’t sign her work due to apprenticeship rules, with others signing on her behalf. This experience taught her to write across genres including horror, fantasy, science fiction, adventure, war, thriller, espionage, and detective fiction—a unique and invaluable training. In 1976, she co-founded a free FM radio station as a DJ and speaker. In 1977, she produced "Passagi," the first film of her future husband Claudio Fragasso, funded by wedding gifts. She also worked on set as a continuity editor, assistant director, and second unit director. In 1986, actor Tony Musante invited her to join the set of a miniseries she had written, explaining that authors in America often work alongside actors on set—a memorable experience that continued throughout her career. That same year, due to contractual obligations, she signed a screenplay under the name Sarah Asproon to appear foreign. In 1988, she signed her first film with her own name: "After Death." In 1993, she wrote her first screenplay for Italy, "Skinhead," and has been prolific since. Drudi collaborated with various foreign and Italian directors before forming a creative team with her husband. She conducts thorough research and interviews relevant individuals to deeply understand the stories she tells. In 2008, she published the novel "Take Me and Kill Me." She remains active on social media. Her daughter Valentina, a costume and set designer, appeared as little Elisa at four months old in her father’s film, "The Other Inferno.
