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 …
Directed
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A Special Day (1977) — Director
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We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) — Director
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Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976) — Director
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The New Monsters (1977) — Director
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A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) (1970) — Director
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The Terrace (1980) — Director
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What Time Is It? (1989) — Director
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The Family (1987) — Director
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Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968) — Director
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Unfair Competition (2001) — Director
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Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) — Director
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The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990) — Director
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Le Bal (1983) — Director
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That Night of Varennes (1982) — Director
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The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972) — Director
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Splendor (1989) — Director
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The Dinner (1998) — Director
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How Strange to be Named Federico (2013) — Director
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Macaroni (1985) — Director
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The Story of a Poor Young Man (1995) — Director
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Police Chief Pepe (1969) — Director
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Passion of Love (1981) — Director
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Let's Talk About Women (1964) — Director
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My Name Is Rocco Papaleo (1971) — Director
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The Devil in Love (1966) — Director
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One Million Dollars (1964) — Director
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People of Rome (2003) — Director
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Mario, Maria and Mario (1993) — Director
- Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam) (1973) — Director
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Thrilling (1965) — Director
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1943-1997 (1997) — Director
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984) — Director
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Festival dell’Unità 1972 (1973) — Director
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Puccini: La Bohème (2016) — Director
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Letters from Palestine (2003) — Director
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Vorrei Che Volo (1980) — Director
- Rome, November 12, 1994 (1995) — Director
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The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops (2002) — Director
Also appeared in
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Sophia Loren, a special destiny (2019) — Self (archive footage)
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Vittorio D. (2009) — Self
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The Magic of Fellini (2002) — Self (archive footage)
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Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017) — Self
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Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italiana (2015) — Self
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Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012) — Self (archive footage)
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Portrait Of My Father (2010) — Self
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Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore (2010) — Self
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984) — Self
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L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010) — Self
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Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) — Self
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Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
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Midi Première (1975) — Self
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Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017) — Self (archive footage)
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Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2007) — Self
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Alberto il grande (2013) — Self
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Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
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Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014) — Self
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La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli (2001) — Self
- Ettore Scola, nous l'avons tant aimé (2019) — Self
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Linee d'ombra (2007) — Self
- RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world (2007) — Self
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Les Jours et les Nuits (2021) — Self
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Voi siete qui (2011) — Self
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C'era una volta il prossimamente (2014) — Self
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Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto (2012) — Sé stesso
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Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane (2011) — Self
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Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori (2014) — Self
- Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne (2007) — Self
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Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo (2024) — Self (archive footage)
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Il segreto di Otello (2015) — Self
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THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS (2007) — Ettore Scola
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Cinecittà Cinecittà (1985)
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Ciné regards (1978) — Self