Ettore Scola

Ettore Scola (born May 10, 1931) is an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Scola was born in Trevico, province of Avellino (Campania).

He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953, and directed his first movie, "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 Italy life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en scène at Cannes Film Festival for "Brutti, sporchi e cattivi".

Since then Ettore Scola has made several successful films, including "A Special Day" (1977), "That Night In Varennes" (1982), "What Time Is It?" (1989) and "Captain Fracassa's Journey" (1990). Ettore Scola has directed close to 40 films in some 40 years, and he is still active.

His film "Passione d'amore," adapted from a nineteenth-century novel, was adapted by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine into the award-winning musical "Passion".

Filmography as director

*"Se permettete parliamo di donne" (1964)
*"Thrilling" (1965)
*"La congiuntura" (1965)
*"L'arcidiavolo" (1966)
*"Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?" (1968)
*"Il Commissario Pepe" (1969)
*"The Pizza Triangle" ("Dramma della gelosia - Tutti i particolari in cronaca") (1970)
*"Permette? Rocco Papaleo" (1971)
*"La più bella serata della mia vita" (1972)
*"Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam)" (1973)
*"Festival Unità" (1973) - documentary
*"C'eravamo tanto amati" (1974)
*"Signore e signori, buonanotte" (1976)
*"Brutti sporchi e cattivi" (1976)
*"Una giornata particolare" (1977)
*"Viva Italia!" ("I Nuovi Mostri") (1977)
*"L'ingorgo-una storia impossibile" (1978) - some scenes
*"La terrazza" (1980)
*"Passione d'amore" (1981)
*"La Nuit de Varennes" ("Italian title: Il mondo nuovo") (1982)
*"Vorrei che volo" (1982)
*"Le Bal" (1983)
*"Cuori nella tormenta" (1984) - some scenes
*"Maccheroni" (1985)
*"Imago urbis" (1987)
*"La famiglia" (1987)
*"I picari" (1987) - some scenes
*"Splendor" (1988] )
*"Che ora è?" (1989)
*"Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa" (1990)
*"Mario, Maria e Mario" (1993)
*"Romanzo di un giovane povero" (1995)
*"La cena" (1998)
*"Concorrenza sleale" (2001)
*"Un altro mondo è possibile" (2001) - documentary
*"Lettere dalla Palestina" (2002) - documentary
*"Gente di Roma" (2003)

Awards

*1966 : Nastro d'Argento Best script "Io la conoscevo bene"
*1975 : Moscow Film Festival Best film "C'eravamo tanto amati"
*1976 : Cannes Film Festival Best Director for "Brutti, sporchi e cattivi"
*1977 : César Award for Best Foreign Film for "C'eravamo tanto amati"
*1978 : Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film for "A Special Day"
*1977 : Academy Award nominee for "A Special Day"
*1978 : Academy Award nominee for "Viva Italia!"
*1978 : César Award for Best Foreign Film for "A Special Day"
*1978 : Nastro d'Argento Best script for "A Special Day"
*1978 : David di Donatello Best Director for "A Special Day"
*1980 : Cannes Film Festival Best script for "La terrazza"
*1980 : Nastro d'Argento Best script for "La terrazza"
*1981 : Nastro d'Argento Best script "Passion d'amour"
*1983 : David di Donatello Best scrit for "La Nuit de Varennes"
*1983 : Academy Award nominee for "Le Bal"
*1984 : César Award for Best Director for "Le Bal"
*1984 : Berlin Film Festival :
** Silver Bear for"Le Bal"
** Jury of readers Berliner Morgenpost for "Le Bal"
*1984 : David di Donatello :
** Best Director "Le Bal"
** Prix Alitalia for "Le Bal"
*1986 : Golden Medal of the City of Rome at for the 30th anniversary of David di Donatello
*1987 : Academy Award nominee for "La famiglia"
*1987 : David di Donatello :
** Best Director"La famiglia"
** Best Script "La famiglia"
*1987 : Nastro d'Argento :
** Best Director"La famiglia"
** Best Script "La famiglia"
*1990 : Pietro Bianchi award at Venice Film Festival
*1995 : Award for his career at Flaiano Film Festival
*2001 : Moscow Film Festival Best Director for "Concorrenza sleale"
*2001 : Taormine Artistic Award at Taormine Film Festival

External links

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