Biography
Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. His screenplays include films Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The Garden of the Fizi-Continis, which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film.
Wrote 52
2000s
- 2001
Lo strano caso del signor Kappa
Writer
1990s
- 1996
The Nymph
Writer
Celluloide
Novel, Screenplay, Screenstory
- 1995
La famiglia Ricordi
Story, Writer
- 1994
Law of Courage
Screenplay
- 1993
Funes, a Great Love
Writer
- 1990
Gioco di società
Writer
1980s
- 1987
A Boy from Calabria
Screenplay
Tabloid Crime
Writer
1970s
- 1979
The Return
Writer
- 1978
Child of the Night
Writer
- 1977
- 1976
San Babila-8 P.M.
Writer
Colpita da improvviso benessere
Screenplay
- 1975
Paolo Barca, Elementary School Teacher, Practically a Nudist
Writer
- 1974
Il generale dorme in piedi
Writer
Somewhere Beyond Love
Screenplay, Story
Blood Brothers
Screenplay, Story
- 1973
Property Is No Longer a Theft
Screenplay, Story
One Russian Summer
Writer
- 1972
Chronicle of a Homicide
Story, Screenplay
- 1971
- 1970
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Screenplay
Metello
Screenplay
1960s
- 1969
The Bandit
Writer
- 1968
Sardinia Kidnapped
Story, Screenplay
- 1967
- 1966
Wake Up and Die
Screenplay
- 1965
The Camp Followers
Novel
- 1963
The Verona Trial
Story, Screenplay
- 1962
Warriors Five
Writer
- 1961
Italienisches Capriccio
Writer
- 1960
The Hunchback
Screenplay
Five Branded Women
Novel
The Apartment
Writer
1950s
- 1959
Cerasella
Story
- 1958
L'uomo dai calzoni corti
Screenplay
- 1957
The Most Wonderful Moment
Screenplay
Men and Wolves
Screenplay
- 1955
Songs from all over Italy
Screenplay
- 1953
Empty Eyes
Screenplay
- 1951
Attention! Bandits!
Screenplay, Story
Appearances2
2000s
- 2005
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
Self
- 2004
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Self - Interviewee