Ettore Scola

Ettore Scola

  • Birthday: 1931-05-10
  • Deathday: 2016-01-19
  • Place of birth: Trevico, Campania, Italy
  • Also know as: Этторе Скола

Biography

Ettore Scola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttore ˈskɔːla]; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film A Special Day and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Scola was born in Trevico, Avellino, Campania. From age 15, he became a ghostwriter. He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953, and collaborated with director Dino Risi and fellow writer Ruggero Maccari on the screenplay for Risi's feature, Il Sorpasso (1962). He directed his first film, Let's Talk About Women, in 1964. In 1974 Scola enjoyed international success with We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto amati), a wide fresco of post-World War II Italian life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. The film won the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en scène at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi. Scola made further successful films, including A Special Day (1977), That Night In Varennes (1982), What Time Is It? (1989) and Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990). He directed close to 40 films in some 40 years. His film Passione d'amore, adapted from a 19th-century novel, was adapted by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine into the award-winning musical Passion. He was a member of the jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Scola died in Rome on 19 January 2016 at the age of 84. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ettore Scola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Production

At War for Love

2016

As Thanks

The Family

1987

As Director

Passion of Love

1981

As Director

The Night of Varennes

1982

As Director

A Special Day

1977

As Director

Macaroni

1985

As Director

Le Bal

1983

As Director

The Dinner

1998

As Director

Ugly, Dirty and Bad

1976

As Director

The New Monsters

1977

As Director

Let's Talk About Women

1964

As Director

People of Rome

2003

As Director

One Million Dollars

1964

As Director

What Time Is It?

1989

As Director

Unfair Competition

2001

As Director

Splendor

1989

As Director

The Terrace

1980

As Director

Mario, Maria and Mario

1993

As Director

My Name Is Rocco Papaleo

1971

As Director

Police Chief Pepe

1969

As Director

The Devil in Love

1966

As Director

1943-1997

1997

As Director

Thrilling

1965

As Director

Puccini: La Bohème

2016

As Director

Lettere dalla Palestina

2002

As Director

The Policeman on Horseback

1961

As Co-Director

Puccini: La Bohème

2016

As Stage Director

Rome, November 12, 1994

1995

As Director

Vorrei Che Volo

1980

As Director

The Family

1987

As Editor

Anyone Can Play

1967

As Screenplay

The Family

1987

As Story

The Family

1987

As Screenplay

The Night of Varennes

1982

As Writer

Ghosts of Rome

1961

As Story

Adua and Her Friends

1960

As Screenplay

Ghosts of Rome

1961

As Screenplay

Made in Italy

1965

As Story

Made in Italy

1965

As Screenplay

Gran varietà

1954

As Writer

One Million Dollars

1964

As Screenplay

One Million Dollars

1964

As Story

Unfair Competition

2001

As Screenplay

Romanzo di un giovane povero

1995

As Screenplay

Mario, Maria and Mario

1993

As Screenplay

Il successo

1963

As Screenplay

The Prophet

1968

As Story

The Devil in Love

1966

As Screenplay

The Monsters

1963

As Story

Il Sorpasso

1962

As Story

I giorni più belli

1956

As Writer

The Dinner

1998

As Writer

Le Bal

1983

As Writer

1943-1997

1997

As Scenario Writer

That's How We Women Are

1971

As Screenplay

Love and Larceny

1960

As Screenplay

I Knew Her Well

1965

As Screenplay

Rosso e nero

1954

As Writer

Complexes

1965

As Screenplay

March on Rome

1962

As Screenplay

March on Rome

1962

As Story

Le pillole di Ercole

1960

As Dialogue

Totò nella Luna

1958

As Screenplay

Ugly, Dirty and Bad

1976

As Writer

Il marito

1958

As Screenplay

Splendor

1989

As Screenplay

An American in Rome

1954

As Screenplay

Roaring Years

1962

As Screenplay

Half a Century of Song

1952

As Writer

Cavalcade of Song

1953

As Writer

Thrilling

1965

As Screenplay

Mi permette babbo!

1956

As Screenplay

My Name Is Rocco Papaleo

1971

As Screenplay

A Bookshop in Paris

2021

As Original Story

Il Sorpasso

1962

As Screenplay

Il conte Max

1957

As Screenplay

I pappagalli

1955

As Screenplay

An American in Rome

1954

As Story

The Monsters

1963

As Screenplay

The Monsters

1963

As Dialogue

Two Nights with Cleopatra

1954

As Screenplay

Let's Talk About Women

1964

As Screenplay

Il gaucho

1964

As Story

Il gaucho

1964

As Screenplay

The Magnificent Cuckold

1964

As Screenplay

The Magnificent Cuckold

1964

As Dialogue

Nel blu dipinto di blu

1959

As Screenplay

The Policeman on Horseback

1961

As Screenplay

The Terrace

1980

As Story

The Terrace

1980

As Screenplay

Complexes

1965

As Story

Good night… lawyer!

1955

As Screenplay

The Bachelor

1955

As Screenplay

The Girl from Parma

1963

As Screenplay

March's Child

1958

As Screenplay

I Knew Her Well

1965

As Story

Cuori nella tormenta

1984

As Screenplay

Police Chief Pepe

1969

As Screenplay

Fermi tutti... arrivo io!

1953

As Screenplay

Adua and Her Friends

1960

As Story

The Visitor

1963

As Story

The Visitor

1963

As Screenplay

Una parigina a Roma

1954

As Story

Una parigina a Roma

1954

As Screenplay

Il successo

1963

As Story

I cuori infranti

1963

As Story

Thrilling

1965

As Story

Passion of Love

1981

As Screenplay

Macaroni

1985

As Story

Macaroni

1985

As Screenplay

Il silenzio è complicità

1976

As Screenplay

Non sono più guaglione

1957

As Screenplay

High Infidelity

1964

As Story

High Infidelity

1964

As Screenplay

The Devil in Love

1966

As Story

What Time Is It?

1989

As Story

What Time Is It?

1989

As Screenplay

Anyone Can Play

1967

As Story

Mid-Century Loves

1954

As Screenplay

A Special Day

1977

As Story

A Special Day

1977

As Screenplay

First Love

1959

As Story

First Love

1959

As Screenplay

Sex Can Be Difficult

1962

As Screenplay

The Prophet

1968

As Screenplay

Vorrei Che Volo

1980

As Screenplay

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