Maria Pia Fusco (July 8, 1939 – December 13, 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and journalist. From 1975 to 1978, she worked on the script for Tinto Brass's Saloon Kitty, the scripts for three of the five entries into the Black Emanuelle series directed by Joe D'Amato, and the script to Sturmtruppen, a film adaptation of the homonymous comic book series by Bonvi. As journalist for La Repubblica, she reported on contemporary cinema and conducted interviews with many famous Italian and international directors and a