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Mario Monicelli

Mario Monicelli

Director · 1915–2010 · Rome, Italy

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Mario Monicelli (May 16, 1915 – November 29, 2010) was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana (Comedy Italian style). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Monicelli,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 64

2010s

  1. 2010

    The New Brancaleone's Army

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008

    Next to the Colosseum there’s Monti

    Director

  2. 2006

    The Roses of the Desert

    Director

  3. 2003

    Letters from Palestine

    Director

  4. 2002

    The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

    Director

1990s

  1. 1999

    Dirty Linen

    Director

  2. 1996

    Esercizi di stile

    Director

  3. 1995

    Looking for Paradise

    Director

  4. 1994

    A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    Director

  5. Dear Goddamned Friends

    Director

  6. 1992

    Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations

    Director

  7. 1991

    Rossini! Rossini!

    Director

  8. 1990

    Dark Illness

    Director

1980s

  1. 1989

    12 Directors for 12 Cities

    Director

  2. La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

    Director

  3. 1987
  4. 1986

    Let's Hope It's a Girl

    Director

  5. 1985

    The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

    Director

  6. 1984

    Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno

    Director

  7. 1982

    My Friends Act II

    Director

  8. 1981

    The Marquis of Grillo

    Director

  9. Hotel Room

    Director

  10. 1980

    Hurricane Rosie

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1977
  3. An Average Little Man

    Director

  4. 1976
  5. Dear Michele

    Director

  6. 1975
  7. 1974
  8. 1973

    We Want the Colonels

    Director

  9. 1971

    Lady Liberty

    Director

  10. 1970

    Brancaleone at the Crusades

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1968

    The Girl with a Pistol

    Director

  3. Caprice Italian Style

    Director

  4. 1966
  5. For Love and Gold

    Director

  6. 1965

    Casanova '70

    Director

  7. 1964
  8. 1963

    The Organizer

    Director

  9. 1960

    The Passionate Thief

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958
  3. 1957

    Doctor and the Healer

    Director

  4. Fathers and Sons

    Director

  5. 1956

    Donatella

    Director

  6. 1955

    Forbidden

    Director

  7. A Hero of Our Times

    Director

  8. Toto and Carolina

    Director

  9. 1953
  10. 1952

    Toto and the Women

    Director

  11. Toto and the Kings of Rome

    Director

  12. 1951

    Cops and Robbers

    Director

  13. 1950

    The Knight is Here

    Director

  14. A Dog’s Life

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949

    Totò Looking for a House

    Director

  2. Fame and the Devil

    Director

  3. 1947

    Furia

    Assistant Director

  4. 1946

    The Testimony

    First Assistant Director

  5. 1941

1930s

  1. 1937

    Ballerine

    Second Assistant Director

  2. 1935

    I ragazzi della via Paal

    Director

Wrote 95

2010s

  1. 2010

    The New Brancaleone's Army

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2006

    The Roses of the Desert

    Story, Screenplay

  2. 2002

    On the Tiger's Back

    Original Film Writer

1990s

  1. 1999

    Dirty Linen

    Story, Screenplay

  2. 1996

    Esercizi di stile

    Screenplay

  3. 1995

    Looking for Paradise

    Screenplay

  4. 1994

    A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    Writer

  5. Dear Goddamned Friends

    Screenplay

  6. 1992

    Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations

    Screenplay

  7. 1991

    Rossini! Rossini!

    Screenplay, Story

1980s

  1. 1987
  2. 1986

    Let's Hope It's a Girl

    Screenplay

  3. 1985

    The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

    Story, Screenplay

  4. 1984

    Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno

    Story, Screenplay

  5. 1982

    My Friends Act II

    Story, Screenplay

  6. 1981

    The Marquis of Grillo

    Screenplay, Story

  7. Hotel Room

    Screenplay, Story

  8. 1980

    Hurricane Rosie

    Story, Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1977

    An Average Little Man

    Screenplay

  3. 1976
  4. 1974
  5. 1973

    We Want the Colonels

    Screenplay, Story

  6. 1971

    Lady Liberty

    Screenplay, Dialogue

  7. 1970

    Brancaleone at the Crusades

    Story, Screenplay

1960s

  1. 1969
  2. 1966

    Our Husbands

    Story, Screenplay

  3. For Love and Gold

    Screenplay, Story

  4. 1965

    Casanova '70

    Screenplay, Story

  5. 1964

    Summer Frenzy

    Screenplay

  6. 1963

    The Organizer

    Screenplay, Story

  7. 1962
  8. 1961
  9. 1960

    The Passionate Thief

    Story, Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1959
  2. 1958

    Angel in a Taxi

    Screenplay

  3. 1957

    Doctor and the Healer

    Co-Writer

  4. Fathers and Sons

    Story, Screenplay

  5. 1956

    Donatella

    Screenplay

  6. 1955

    Beautiful But Dangerous

    Screenplay

  7. Forbidden

    Screenplay

  8. A Hero of Our Times

    Screenplay

  9. Toto and Carolina

    Screenplay

  10. 1954

    Guai ai vinti

    Screenplay

  11. Violenza sul lago

    Screenplay

  12. Fatal Desire

    Writer

  13. 1953

    Giuseppe Verdi

    Screenplay

  14. Funniest Show on Earth

    Story, Screenplay

  15. Perdonami!

    Screenplay

  16. 1952

    Toto and the Women

    Screenplay

  17. The Lucky Five

    Screenplay

  18. Toto and the Kings of Rome

    Screenplay

  19. Totó in color

    Screenplay

  20. Vendetta... sarda

    Story, Screenplay

  21. Appointment for Murder

    Story, Screenplay

  22. 1951

    Tizio, Caio, Sempronio

    Story, Screenplay

  23. Cops and Robbers

    Screenplay

  24. O.K. Nero

    Story, Screenplay

  25. Damn the Taxes!!

    Writer, Screenplay

  26. Napoleone

    Story, Screenplay

  27. 1950

    Outlaw Girl

    Story

  28. The Knight is Here

    Screenplay

  29. Soho Conspiracy

    Original Story

  30. A Dog’s Life

    Story, Screenplay

  31. L'inafferrabile 12

    Screenplay

  32. Her Favourite Husband

    Screenplay

  33. I'm in the Revue

    Writer

1940s

  1. 1949

    Lure of the Sila

    Story, Screenplay

  2. Totò Looking for a House

    Story, Screenplay

  3. Fame and the Devil

    Screenplay

  4. The Iron Swordsman

    Writer

  5. In the Name of the Law

    Screenplay

  6. Come scopersi l'America

    Writer

  7. 1948

    The Mysterious Rider

    Story, Screenplay

  8. L'eroe della strada

    Story, Screenplay

  9. Mad About Opera

    Story

  10. Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

    Screenplay

  11. Les Misérables

    Screenplay

  12. 1947

    How I Lost the War

    Screenplay

  13. The Captain's Daughter

    Screenplay

  14. The Opium Den

    Screenplay

  15. Lo sciopero dei milioni

    Writer

  16. 1946

    Aquila Nera

    Screenplay

  17. 1945

    Fear No Evil

    Story, Screenplay

  18. 1942

    La donna è mobile

    Screenplay

  19. 1941

Acted in 7

2000s

  1. 2009

    Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso

    Movie

  2. 2007

    SoloMetro

    Anziano in metropolitana

  3. THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS

    Mario Monicelli

  4. 2003

1990s

  1. 1996

    The Cyclone

    Gino (voice)

1980s

  1. 1980

    I'm Photogenic

    Mario Monicelli (uncredited)

1970s

  1. 1976

    Babau

    TV

Produced 1

1980s

  1. 1985

    Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

    Executive Producer

Appearances26

2020s

  1. 2024

    Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2021

    Opera Prima

    Self

2010s

  1. 2019

    Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

    Self - Réalisateur (archive footage)

  2. 2017

    Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 2015

    Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

    Self

  4. 2014

    Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth

    Self

  5. 2012

    Monicelli: La versione di Mario

    Self (archive footage)

  6. 2011

    Noi c'eravamo

    Self

  7. Maestro di che!

    Self

  8. 2010

    Portrait Of My Father

    Self

  9. Bandiera Viola

    Self

  10. L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

    Self

  11. Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    What Do You Know About Me

    Self

  2. Vittorio D.

    Self

  3. 2008

    Next to the Colosseum there’s Monti

    Himself

  4. 2006
  5. Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

    Self

  6. 2004

    Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Self

  7. I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

    Self

1990s

  1. 1997

    The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth

    Self

  2. 1994

    The True Life of Antonio H.

    Self

  3. A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    Self