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Ettore Scola

Ettore Scola

Director · Born 1931-05-10 · Trevico, Campania, Italy

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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

  1. A Special Day (1977) — Director
  2. We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) — Director
  3. Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976) — Director
  4. The New Monsters (1977) — Director
  5. A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) (1970) — Director
  6. The Terrace (1980) — Director
  7. What Time Is It? (1989) — Director
  8. The Family (1987) — Director
  9. Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968) — Director
  10. Unfair Competition (2001) — Director
  11. Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) — Director
  12. The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990) — Director
  13. Le Bal (1983) — Director
  14. That Night of Varennes (1982) — Director
  15. The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972) — Director
  16. Splendor (1989) — Director
  17. The Dinner (1998) — Director
  18. How Strange to be Named Federico (2013) — Director
  19. Macaroni (1985) — Director
  20. The Story of a Poor Young Man (1995) — Director
  21. Police Chief Pepe (1969) — Director
  22. Passion of Love (1981) — Director
  23. Let's Talk About Women (1964) — Director
  24. My Name Is Rocco Papaleo (1971) — Director
  25. The Devil in Love (1966) — Director
  26. One Million Dollars (1964) — Director
  27. People of Rome (2003) — Director
  28. Mario, Maria and Mario (1993) — Director
  29. Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam) (1973) — Director
  30. Thrilling (1965) — Director
  31. 1943-1997 (1997) — Director
  32. Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984) — Director
  33. Festival dell’Unità 1972 (1973) — Director
  34. Puccini: La Bohème (2016) — Director
  35. Letters from Palestine (2003) — Director
  36. Vorrei Che Volo (1980) — Director
  37. Rome, November 12, 1994 (1995) — Director
  38. The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops (2002) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Sophia Loren, a special destiny (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  2. Vittorio D. (2009) — Self
  3. The Magic of Fellini (2002) — Self (archive footage)
  4. Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life (2017) — Self
  5. Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italiana (2015) — Self
  6. Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012) — Self (archive footage)
  7. Portrait Of My Father (2010) — Self
  8. Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore (2010) — Self
  9. Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984) — Self
  10. L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010) — Self
  11. Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) — Self
  12. Spécial cinéma (1974) — Self
  13. Midi Première (1975) — Self
  14. Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  15. Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2007) — Self
  16. Alberto il grande (2013) — Self
  17. Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
  18. Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione (2014) — Self
  19. La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli (2001) — Self
  20. Ettore Scola, nous l'avons tant aimé (2019) — Self
  21. Linee d'ombra (2007) — Self
  22. RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world (2007) — Self
  23. Les Jours et les Nuits (2021) — Self
  24. Voi siete qui (2011) — Self
  25. C'era una volta il prossimamente (2014) — Self
  26. Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto (2012) — Sé stesso
  27. Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane (2011) — Self
  28. Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori (2014) — Self
  29. Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne (2007) — Self
  30. Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo (2024) — Self (archive footage)
  31. Il segreto di Otello (2015) — Self
  32. THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS (2007) — Ettore Scola
  33. Cinecittà Cinecittà (1985)
  34. Ciné regards (1978) — Self