Luigi Magni

Biography

Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in Rome , Italy, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with Tempo di villeggiatura. In 1968 he collaborated with Mario Monicelli in creating a real "event" of the Italian cinema by transforming Monica Vitti into a comedic actress with The Girl with the Pistol , and the critical and commercial success of the film pushed him into directing. After the directorial debut with Faustina (which was also the debut film of Vonetta McGee ), in 1969 Magni achieved an extraordinary success with Nell'anno del Signore , which was the highest-grossing Italian film of the year, so as to require for the first time in Italy nighttime screenings to meet the demands of the audience. The film marked the encounter with Nino Manfredi , with whom Magni had a long-standing association on the set (including the screenplay of Manfredi's award-winning film Per Grazia Ricevuta ) and a close friendship off the set. The film also defined Magni's style, namely a commedia all'italiana mainly centered on Rome and its history, particularly the epoch between the Papal States and the Risorgimento.

Directed

1. Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) — Director
2. In the Name of the Pope King (1977) — Director
3. The Conspirators (1969) — Director
4. State buoni se potete (1983) — Director
5. 'o Re (1989) — Director
6. Strange Occasion (1976) — Director
7. In nome del popolo sovrano (1990) — Director
8. Scipio the African (1971) — Director
9. La Tosca (1973) — Director
10. According to Pontius Pilate (1988) — Director
11. Keep It To Yourself! (1976) — Director
12. Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980) — Director
13. La carbonara (2000) — Director
14. Faustina (1968) — Director
15. The Way of the Baboons (1974) — Director
16. La notte di Pasquino (2003) — Director
17. Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984) — Director
18. Nemici d'infanzia (1995) — Director
19. Cinema (1989) — Director
20. Esercizi di stile (1996) — Director
21. Un'avventura a Campo de' Fiori (1983) — Director
22. Rome, November 12, 1994 (1995) — Director
23. Sabatoventiquattromarzo (1984) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things (2006) — Self
2. Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984) — Self
3. Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) — Self
4. Cinecittà Cinecittà (1985) — Director #1