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Ettore Scola
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.
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As director
Puccini: La Bohème
How Strange to be Named Federico
People of Rome
Letters from Palestine
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Unfair Competition
The Dinner
1943-1997
The Story of a Poor Young Man
Rome, November 12, 1994
Mario, Maria and Mario
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
What Time Is It?
Splendor
The Family
Macaroni
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Le Bal
That Night of Varennes
Passion of Love
The Terrace
Vorrei Che Volo
A Special Day
The New Monsters
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Festival dell’Unità 1972
Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam)
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
As actor
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
Les Jours et les Nuits
Morceaux de Cannes
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Ettore Scola, nous l'avons tant aimé
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of Life
Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italiana
Il segreto di Otello
Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passione
C'era una volta il prossimamente
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
Alberto il grande
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto
Voi siete qui
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane
Portrait Of My Father
Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Vittorio D.
Linee d'ombra
RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS
Marcello, una vita dolce
The Magic of Fellini
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer