Ettore Scola
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.
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Acting (25 movies)
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
2014
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
2001
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
2012
Linee d'ombra
2007
Les Jours et les Nuits
2021
Voi siete qui
2011
C'era una volta il prossimamente
2014
Portrait Of My Father
2010
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
2010
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italiana
2015
Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto
2012
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
2017
Vittorio D.
2009
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007
Alberto il grande
2013
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
2011
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
2014
The Magic of Fellini
2002
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
2024
THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS
2007
Directing (38 movies)
The Family
1987
Passion of Love
1981
The Night of Varennes
1982
A Special Day
1977
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
Le Bal
1983
Macaroni
1985
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
1990
The Dinner
1998
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
1968
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
1976
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
1970
Let's Talk About Women
1964
People of Rome
2003
One Million Dollars
1964
What Time Is It?
1989
Unfair Competition
2001
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
1972
Splendor
1989
The Terrace
1980
My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
1971
The Story of a Poor Young Man
1995
Police Chief Pepe
1969
Mario, Maria and Mario
1993
The Devil in Love
1966
How Strange to be Named Federico
2013
Festival dell’Unità 1972
1972
The New Monsters
1977
1943-1997
1997
Thrilling
1965
Vorrei Che Volo
1980
Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam)
1973
Rome, November 12, 1994
1995
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
2002
Puccini: La Bohème
2016
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
Letters from Palestine
2003