Ettore Scola Biography (1931-)

Born May 10, 1931, in Trevico, Italy; children: Paola.

Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, writer
Birth Details: May 10, 1931; Trevico, Italy

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Director, Unless Otherwise Noted
First assistant director, Il carabiniere a cavallo, 1961
Se permettete, parliamo di donne (also known as Let's Talkabout Women and Parliamo di donne), Embassy, 1964
La congiuntura (also known as One Million Dollars), Ceiad/Columbia, 1965
"Il vittimista" in Thrilling, 1965
L'arcidiavolo (also known as The Devil in Love and Il diavolo innamorato), 1966, Warner Bros., 1968
Il Commissario Pepe (also known as Inspector Pepe), 1968
Riusciranno i nostri eroi a trovare il loro amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa&quest; (also known as Will Our Friends Succeed in Finding Their Friend Who Disappeared in Africa&quest;, Will Our Heroes BeAble to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa&quest;, and Will Your Heroes Find Their Friends Who Disappeared So Mysteriously in Africa&quest;), 1968
Dramma della gelosia--tutti i particolari in cronaca (also known as A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things), Jealousy Italian Style, The Motive Was Jealousy, The Pizza Triangle, and El demonio de los celos), Warner Bros., 1970
Permette&quest; Rocco Papaleo (also known as Excuse Me, My NameIs Rocco Papaleo, My Name Is Rocco Papaleo, and Rocco Papaleo), Cineriz, 1971, Rumson, 1974
La piu bella serata della mia vita (also known as The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life and La Plus belle soiree de ma vie), Columbia, 1972
Festival dell'unita, 1972
Trevico-Torino (Viaggio nel Fiat Nam), 1973
C'eravamo tanto amati (also known as Those Were the Years), Delta, 1974, released as We All Loved Each Other So Much, Almi/Cinema V, 1977
Carosello per la campagna referendaria sul divorzio, 1975
Codirector, Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (also known as Down and Dirty and Ugly, Dirty, and Bad), Gold, 1976
Codirector, Signore e signori, buonanotte (also known as Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen), 1976, Titanus Distribuzione, 1977
Una giornata particolare (also known as The Great Day, ASpecial Day, and Una giornata speciale), Cinema V/Gold Film Distributors, 1977
(With Mario Monicelli and Dino Risi) I nuovi mostri (also known asThe New Monsters and Viva Italia!), Filmverlag der Autoren/Cinema V, 1978
Che si dice a Roma, 1979
La terrazza (also known as The Terrace and La Terrasse), United Artists, 1980
Passione d'amore (also known as Passion of Love and Passion d'Amore), Connoisseur, 1981, Putnam Square, 1982
La nuit de Varennes (also known as The New World, That Night in Varennes, Il mondo nuovo, and La Varennes Nuit), Electric/Contemporary, 1982, Triumph, 1983
Vorrei che volo, 1982
Le Bal (also known as The Ball and Ballando ballando), AMLF, 1982, Almi Classics, 1984
L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer, 1984
Macaroni (also known as Maccheroni), Paramount, 1985
(And editor) La famiglia (also known as The Family and La Famille), Vestron, 1987
Producer, Saremo felici, 1988
Splendor (also known as The Last Movie), Warner Bros., 1989
Che ora e&quest; (also known as What Time Is It&quest; andQuelle huere est-il&quest;), 1989
Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (also known as Captain Fracassa's Journey and Le Voyage de Capitaine Fracasse), 1991
Mario, Maria, e Mario (also known as Mario, Maria, and Mario), 1993
Romanzo di un giovane povero (also known as Le Roman d'un jeune homme Pauvre), 1995
"1943-1997" in I corti italiani, 1997
La cena (also known as The Dinner and Le Diner), BacFilms, 1998
Concorrenza sleale, 2000
Television Work
Supervising director, O samba, 1988
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Canzoni di mezzo secolo (also known as Half a Century of Song), 1952
Fermi tutti arrivo io!, 1953
Canzoni, Canzoni, Canzoni (also known as Carnival of Song),1953
(With Ruggero Maccari) Un americano a Roma, 1954
(With Maccari) Una parigina a Roma (also known as Begegnung inRom), 1954
(With Maccari) Due notti con Cleopatra (also known as Two Nights with Cleopatra), 1954, Ultra, 1963
Accadde al commissariato, 1954
Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!, 1954
Gran varieta, 1954
Carovana di canzoni, 1954

"1910" and "Epoca Fascista" in Amori di mezzo secolo, 1954
Accadde al penitenziario, 1955
Rosso e nero, 1955
Buonanotte ... avvocato!, 1955
(With Maccari) Lo scapolo (also known as Alberto il conquistatore and El soltero), 1956
I pappagalli, 1956
Mi permette, babbo! (also known as Allow Me, Daddy!), 1956
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo, 1956
I giorni piu belli, 1956
Il conte max (also known as El conde max), 1957
Il marito (also known as El marido), 1958
Toto nella luna (also known as Toto in the Moon), 1958
Primo amore (also known as First Love), 1958
Non sono piu Guaglione, 1958
(With Maccari) Nata di marzo, 1958
Non perdiamo la testa, 1959
Il nemico di mia moglie (also known as My Wife's Enemy), 1959
Nel blu dipinto di blu, 1959
Guardatele ma non toccatele, 1959
(With Maccari, Barratti, and Luciano Salce) Le pillole de ercole (also known as Hercules' Pills), Dino De Laurentiis, 1960
(With Maccari) Fantasmi a Roma (also known as Ghosts of Rome and Phantom Lovers), 1960
(With Maccari, Sandro Continenza, and Sergio Pugliese) Il mattatore (also known as Love and Larceny and L'Homme aux cent visages), 1960, Major Film Distributing, 1963
(With Maccari, Antonio Pietrangeli, and Tullio Pinelli) Adua e le compagne (also known as Adua and Company, Adua and Her Companions, Adua and Her Friends, Hungry for Love, and Love a la Carte), 1960, Promenade, 1965
Il carabiniere a cavallo, 1961
(With Maccari) Anni Ruggenti (also known as Roaring Years),1962
(With Maccari and Dino Risi) Il sorpasso (also known as The Easy Life), 1962, Embassy, 1963
(With Continenza) "Le donne" (also known as "The Women"), (with Fabio Carpi, Giuseppe Orlandini, and Nino Manfredi) "The Soldier," "L'avaro," and"L'avventura di un soldato," in L'amore difficile (also knownas Erotica, Of Wayward Love, and Sex Can Be Difficult),1962, Pathe Contemporary, 1964
La marcia su Roma, 1962
Songs, 1962
(With Maccari) Il successo (also known as The Success), 1963, Embassy, 1965
(With Maccari and Pietrangeli) La visita (also known as The Visitor), 1963, Promenade, 1966
(With Maccari, Risi, Furio Scarpelli, Agenore Incrocci, and Elio Petri) I mostri (also known as 15 from Rome, Les Monstres, and Opiate '67), 1963, McAbbe/Janus, 1967
La parmigiana, 1963
I cuori infranti, 1963
(With Maccari) Se permettete, parliamo di donne (also known as Let's Talk about Women and Parliamo di donne), Embassy, 1964
(With Maccari) Il gaucho (also known as The Gaucho), 1964
(With Maccari, Diego Fabbri, and Stefano Strucchi) Il magnifico cornuto (also known as The Magnificent Cuckold and Le Cocu magnifique), 1964, Continental Distributing, 1965
(With Incrocci, Maccari, and Scarpelli) Alta infedelta (also knownas High Infidelity and Haute infidelite), 1964, Magna, 1965
(With Maccari) La congiuntura (also known as One Million Dollars; based on a story by Scola), Ceiad/Columbia, 1965
(With Maccari and Pietrangeli) Io la conoscevo bene (also known asI Knew Her Well, Ich habe sie gut gekannt, and Je la connaissais bien), 1965
(With Maccari) "Il vittimista" in Thrilling, 1965
I complessi (also known as Les Complexes), 1965
(With Maccari and Nanni Loy) Made in Italy (also known as A l'italienne), 1965, Royal Films International, 1967
(With Maccari) L'arcidiavolo (also known as The Devil in Love and Il diavolo innamorato), 1966, Warner Bros., 1968
Coauthor, Follie d'estate, 1966
(With Maccari and Strucchi) Le dolci signore (also known as Anyone Can Play), 1967, Paramount, 1968
(With Maccari) Il Commissario Pepe (also known as Inspector Pepe), 1968
(With Maccari) Riusciranno i nostri eroi a trovare il loro amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa&quest; (also known as Will Our FriendsSucceed in Finding Their Friend Who Disappeared in Africa&quest;, WillOur Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared inAfrica&quest;, and Will Your Heroes Find Their Friends Who DisappearedSo Mysteriously in Africa&quest;), 1968
Il profeta (also known as Mr. Kinky and The Prophet), 1968
(With Incrocci and Scarpelli) Dramma della gelosia--tutti i particolari in cronaca \[also known as A Drama of Jealousy (and Other Things), Jealousy Italian Style, The Motive Was Jealousy, The Pizza Triangle, and El demonio de los celos\], Warner Bros., 1970
(With Maccari) Permette&quest; Rocco Papaleo (also known as Excuse Me, My Name Is Rocco Papaleo, My Name Is Rocco Papaleo, and Rocco Papaleo), Cineriz, 1971, Rumson, 1974
Coauthor, Noi donne siamo fatte cosi (also known as Women: So We Are Made), 1971
(With Sergio Amidei) La piu bella serata della mia vita (also known as The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life and La Plus belle soireede ma vie), Columbia, 1972
Trevico-Torino (Viaggio nel Fiat Nam), 1973
(With Scarpelli and Incrocci) C'eravamo tanto amati (also known as Those Were the Years), Delta, 1974, released as We All Loved Each Other So Much, Almi/Cinema V, 1977
(With Maccari) Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (also known as Down and Dirty and Ugly, Dirty, and Bad), Gold, 1976
Coauthor, Signore e signori, buonanotte (also known as Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen), 1976, Titanus Distribution, 1977
(With Maccari and Maurizio Costanzo) Una giornata particolare (also known as The Great Day, A Special Day, and Una giornata speciale; based on a story by Scola), Cinema V/Gold Film Distributors, 1977
I nuovi mostri (also known as The New Monsters and VivaItalia!; based on a story by Scola), Filmverlag der Autoren/Cinema V, 1978
Che si dice a Roma, 1979
(With Scarpelli and Incrocci) La terrazza (also known as The Terrace and La Terrasse; based on a story by Scola), United Artists,1980
(With Maccari) Passione d'amore (also known as Passion of Love and Passion d'amore), Connoisseur, 1981
(With Amidei) La nuit de Varennes (also known as The New World, That Night in Varennes, Il mondo nuovo, and La VarennesNuit), Electric/Contemporary, 1982, Triumph, 1983
(With Maccari, Scarpelli, and Jean-Claude Penchenat) Le Bal (alsoknown as The Ball and and Ballando ballando), AMLF, 1982, AlmiClassics, 1984
Cuori nella Tormenta, 1984
(With Maccari and Scarpelli) Macaroni (also known as Maccheroni), Paramount, 1985
(With Maccari and Scarpelli) La famiglia (also known as The Family and La Famille), Vestron, 1987
Producer, Vacanza, 1988
Producer, Mitico gianluca, 1988
Splendor (also known as The Last Movie), Warner Bros., 1989
Che ora e&quest; (also known as What Time Is It&quest; andQuelle huere est-il&quest;), 1989
Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (also known as Captain Fracassa's Journey and Le Voyage de Capitaine Fracasse), 1991
Mario, Maria, e Mario (also known as Mario, Maria, and Mario), 1993
Romanzo di un giovane povero (also known as Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre), 1995
"1943-1997" in I corti italiani, 1997
La cena (also known as The Dinner and Le Diner), BacFilms, 1998
Other Writings
Contributor to periodicals.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

Scola's screenplay Passione d'amore January 17, 1988 wasadapted as the television special Passion, broadcast by PBS in 1996.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996.

Periodicals:

New York Times, .

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