Known For
Writing
Born
Mar 24, 1926
Died
Oct 13, 2016
Place of Birth
Sangiano, Varese, Italy
Credits
38 titles
Dario Fo
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dario Fo (born 24 March 1926) is an Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. His dramatic work employs comedic methods of the ancient Italian commedia dell'arte, a theatrical style popular with the working classes. Fo's works are characterised by criticisms of organised crime, political corruption, political murders, most of the Catholic Church doctrine and conflict in the Middle East. His plays often depend on improvisation, commedia dell'arte style. His plays, especially Mistero Buffo, have been translated into 30 languages and, when performed outside Italy, they are often modified to reflect local political and other issues. Fo encourages directors and translators to modify his plays as they see fit, as he finds this in accordance to the commedia dell'arte tradition of on-stage improvisation. Fo currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife, actress Franca Rame. Upon awarding him the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, the committee highlighted Fo as a writer "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden". Description above from the Wikipedia article Dario Fo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Open Couple
Theatre Play
Não Vamos Pagar Nada
Theatre Play
Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life
Self (archive footage)
La voce di Fantozzi
Sé stesso
Callas
L'arte secondo Dario Fo
Conduttore
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
Self
Il Tempo e la Storia
Se stesso
Bandiera Viola
Self
Woodstock 5 Stelle
Dario Fo
Vittorio D.
Self
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
Self
Io non sono un moderato
Sé stesso
Rossini: La Gazzetta
Set Designer
The Peddler's Backpack
Self
The Newspaper
Production Design
Forbidden Grass
Venetian Rascal Goes to America
Johan Padan (vecchio) (voice)
Il mondo alla rovescia: appunti sul cabaret milanese
Self
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Writer
How the Toys Saved Christmas
Scarafoni (voice)
Musica per vecchi animali
Lucio Lucertola
I promessi sposi
Azzeccagarbugli
A Woman Alone
Author
ScreenPlay
Writer
Vi betaler ikke, vi betaler ikke
Writer
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Theatre Play
Sempre più difficile
self
Platiť sa nebude!
Theatre Play
Domenica è sempre domenica
March's Child
(uncredited)
Villini a sorpresa
Rascel-Fifì
Pupo - il biondo
It Happened in Rome
Screenplay
The Screwball
Achille
Elementary School
Tipografo
Rosso e nero
Writer