 He began his literary career writing for "Orlando" and "Marc'Aurelio", two well-established Italian satirical magazines, later branching out into radio and television.An expert in literary innovation, Zapponi founded the cult magazine "Il Delatore" ("The Spy"), published four novels including "Gobal", a famous collection of short stories, as well as songs, plays and theatre sketches.Revered for his work with Fellini, he also collaborated on films by Dino Risi and co-wrote Dario Argento's "Deep Red".