Folco Quilici has also been actively engaged in cultural programmes produced for Italian and foreign TV Companies: from Tre volti del deserto ('57), In Search of Africa (1964/65), Malimba (1966), India (1966/67), Islam (1968/69), The Dawn of Man (1970/75), The Mediterranean (1971/76), I mari dell'Uomo ('71/'74), European Man (1976/80), Festa Barocca (1980/1982), La Grande Epoque (1983/1985), Risk and Obedience (1990/92), The Archives of Time (1988/93), Adventure and Discovery (1990/93), Journey into History (1992/93), Archipelagos (1993/95), Italia Infinita (1996/2002), Alpi (1998/2004), Di Isola in Isola (2004/2005)..
For the thirteen films of the Mediterranean series and the eight of European Man, Quilici was assisted by one of the leading historians of our time, Fernand Braudel and the anthropologist, L鑦i-Strauss. The archaeologist, Sabatino Moscati assisted Quilici in the series dedicated to underwater archaeology (Mare Museo 1988-92, Phoenecians Splendour and Collapse 1987-88). Together with the archaeologist George Vallet, he made I Greci d'Occidente.


Between 1992 and 1999, he directed L'Italia del XX secolo, 65 films based on the writings of historians De Felice, Castronovo and Scoppola.


Between 1971 and 1989, Folco Quilici edited the TV programme GEO RAI Network 3.
Since 2002, he has worked for major SKY TV programmes (Marco Polo) which resulted in his being appointed "personality of the year" in 2006.

International awards have acknowledged his commitment towards cultural TV programmes. From the French Critics' Award for the direction of the Mediterranée Series to the Italian Critics' Award for India (1966), The Dawn of Man (1975) and Baroque (1983). His most recent award is the European Gold Plaque (1995) for his commitment in the field of historical-cultural films. In 1976, he received a prize at the "Festival dei Popoli" for his work on the primitive world.

Alongside his endeavours as a filmmaker, since 1954 he has also published numerous non-fiction works - Mala Kebir (1955), Mille Fuochi (1964), Sesto Continente (1965), Gli ultimi primitivi (1972), Magia (1977), Il Riflesso dell'Islam (1983), L'Uomo Europeo (1983), India (1990), I Mari del Sud (1991), Il Mio Mediterraneo (1992), Le Americhe (1993), La mia Africa (1992), Tobruk 1940 (2004). Between 1976 and 1979, he edited The Great Encyclopaedia of the Sea. In 1974/75, he co-authored the two volumes La Mediterranée, along with Fernand Braudel. Together with his wife Anna, he has published two "adventure biographies": Amundsen (1998) and Jack London (2000), Premio Chianciano and Premio Castiglioncello. Since 2002, he has been working on a series of books together with Luca Tamagnini (Published by Phoatlante), dedicated to the protected marine areas of Italy.
He has also written several novels, published both in Italy and abroad - Cacciatori di Navi (1985), translated in the U.S.A., Cielo Verde (1997), which immediately became a best-seller in Italy, and Naufraghi (1998). In 1999, his novel Alta Profondit? began the narrative sequel consisting of L'Abisso di Hatutu (2001), Mare Rosso (2002) (which took the Scanno Prize for Literature in 2003), I Serpenti di Melqart (2003) and La Fenice del Bajkal (2005).

In 1955, the Marzotto Prize for literature with Sesto Continente (translated in the USA, republished in 2000), in 1981 the Malta Prize with Mediterraneo, in 1985 the Fregene Prize with Cacciatori di Navi, in 1993 the Estense Prize with Africa and the Scanno Prize for literature with Mare Rosso. In 1997, the "Premio Internazionale Cultura del Mare", and in 2000 the "Tridente d'Oro alla Carriera", from the Underwater Science Arts Academy.In 2002, the NEOS Prize from the Travel Journalists' Association and, together with Corrado Ruggeri (in 2006), the non-fiction work S?, viaggiare.
Since 1954, Quilici has contributed to the Italian and international press - Life, Epoca, Panorama, Europeo and the daily newspapers La Stampa, Il Corriere della Sera and Il Giornale. In this field, he won the 1969 "Premio Italia" prize for journalism and the 1990 "European Journalism Award". In 1994, he was awarded the "Penna d'Oro" for his articles on Latin America. In 1997, he won the "Marforio-Campidoglio Award to the Career, for cultural works", and in 1999, the "San Giorgio Prize" for his works as a whole. In 1983, he was awarded the "Gold Medal" for cultural merits by Italian President Pertini.

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IN EUROPE/欧洲:
AUSTRIA, AZORES, BELGIUM, BULGARIA, CZECHOLSLOVAKIA*, DENMARK*, FRANCE*, GERMANY*, GREAT BRITAIN, GREECE*, GREENLAND*, HUNGARY*, ICELAND*, IRELAND, ITALY*, LAPLAND, MALTA*, NETHERLANDS, NORWAY, POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA*, SOVIET UNION*, SPAIN*, SWITZERLAND.

IN ASIA/亚洲:
ADEN, AFGHANISTAN, ARABIA*, CHINA*, HONG KONG*, INDIA*, INDONESIA*, IRAN, IRAQ*, ISRAEL, JAPAN*, JORDAN*, KUWAIT, LEBANON*, MACAO*, MALAYSIA*, NEPAL, PAKISTAN, PHILIPPINES*, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA*, SYRIA, THAILAND, TURKEY*, VIETNAM, YEMEN*.

IN AFRICA/非洲:
ALGERIA, ALTO VOLTA, ANGOLA, BOTSWANA*, CAMEROON*, CHAD*, CONGO, DAHOMEY (BENIN)*, EGYPT*, ETHIOPIA*, IVORY, COAST*, KENYA*, LESOTHO, LIBYA, MALI*, MOROCCO*, NIGER*, NIGERIA, SENEGAL*, SOMALIA*, SOUTH AFRICA*, TANZANIA*, TUNISIA*, ZAIRE.

IN AMERICA/美洲:
ALASKA*, AMAZON BASIN*, ARGENTINA*, BOLIVIA*, BRAZIL*, CANADA*, CARIBBEAN, CHILE*, COLOMBIA*, COSTA RICA*, CUBA*, EASTER ISLAND*, ECUADOR, GALAPAGOS, GUATEMALA*, HAWAII*, MEXICO*, PANAMA, PARAGUAY, PERU*, S. SALVADOR*, UNITED STATES* .

POLAR REGIONS/极地地区:
ANTARCTIC, ARCTIC

IN OCEANIA E AUSTRALIA/大洋洲和澳大利亚:
FIGI, FRENCH POLYNESIA*, MELANESIA*, MICRONESIA*, NEW GUINEA*, NEW HEBRIDES, SAMOA, SOLOMON ISLANDS.