Known For
Directing
Born
May 10, 1931
Died
Jan 19, 2016
Place of Birth
Trevico, Campania, Italy
Credits
127 titles
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ettore Scola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
Self (archive footage)
Down So Long
Original Story
Les Jours et les Nuits
Self
A Bookshop in Paris
Original Story
Morceaux de Cannes
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
Ettore Scola, nous l'avons tant aimé
Self
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Self
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Self (archive footage)
Puccini: La Bohème
Stage Director
At War for Love
Thanks
Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italiana
Self
Il segreto di Otello
Self
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
Self
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente
Self
How Strange to be Named Federico
Director
Alberto il grande
Self
Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto
Sé stesso
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
Self (archive footage)
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Self
Voi siete qui
Self
Portrait Of My Father
Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
Self
Vittorio D.
Self
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Self
Linee d'ombra
Self
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
Self
THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS
Ettore Scola
RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world
Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
Self
People of Rome
Director
Letters from Palestine
Director
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Director
The Magic of Fellini
Self (archive footage)
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
Self
Unfair Competition
Director
The Dinner
Director
1943-1997
Director
Cresceranno i carciofi a Mimongo
Thanks
Rome, November 12, 1994
Director
The Story of a Poor Young Man
Director
Mario, Maria and Mario
Director
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Director
What Time Is It?
Director
Splendor
Director
Piazza Navona - Sei opere prime
Producer
The Family
Director
Macaroni
Director