Ettore Scola

Director · 1931–2016 · Trevico, Campania, Italy

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.

Directed 37

2010s

2016
Puccini: La Bohème
Stage Director, Director
2013
How Strange to be Named Federico
Director

2000s

2003
People of Rome
Director
Letters from Palestine
Director
2002
The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops
Director
2001
Unfair Competition
Director

1990s

1998
The Dinner
Director
1997
1943-1997
Director
1995
The Story of a Poor Young Man
Director
1993
Mario, Maria and Mario
Director
1990
The Voyage of Captain Fracassa
Director

1980s

1989
What Time Is It?
Director
Splendor
Director
1987
The Family
Director
73
1985
Macaroni
Director
1984
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Director
1983
Le Bal
Director
1982
That Night of Varennes
Director
1981
Passion of Love
Director
73
1980
Vorrei Che Volo
Director
The Terrace
Director

1970s

1977
The New Monsters
Director
70
A Special Day
Director
86
1976
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
Director
66
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Director
76
1974
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Director
81
1973
Festival dell’Unità 1972
Director
1972
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
Director
1971
My Name Is Rocco Papaleo
Director
1970
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
Director

1960s

1969
Police Chief Pepe
Director
1968
Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?
Director
1966
The Devil in Love
Director
1965
Thrilling
Director
1964
One Million Dollars
Director
Let's Talk About Women
Director
1961
The Policeman on Horseback
Co-Director

Wrote 82

2020s

2023
Down So Long
Original Story
2021
A Bookshop in Paris
Original Story
56