Ettore Scola
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Ettore Scola

May 10, 1931 - Trevico, Campania, Italy

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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Movie2014Gian Luigi Rondi - Vita, cinema, passioneSelf
Movie2019Sophia Loren, a special destinySelf (archive footage)
Movie2001La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e ScarpelliSelf
Movie2019Ettore Scola, nous l'avons tant aiméSelf
Movie2017Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuitSelf (archive footage)
Movie2012Monicelli: La versione di MarioSelf (archive footage)
Movie2007Linee d'ombraSelf
Movie2007RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole worldSelf
Movie2021Les Jours et les NuitsSelf
Movie2011Voi siete quiSelf
Movie2014C'era una volta il prossimamenteSelf
Movie2010Portrait Of My FatherSelf
Movie2010Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatoreSelf
Movie1984Farewell to Enrico BerlinguerSelf
Movie2015Ridendo e scherzando - Ritratto di un regista all'italianaSelf
Movie2012Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tuttoSé stesso
Movie2017Water and Sugar – Carlo Di Palma: The Colours of LifeSelf
Movie2009Vittorio D.Self
Movie2007Sophia: Yesterday, Today, TomorrowSelf
Movie2013Alberto il grandeSelf
Movie2010L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo LombardoSelf
Movie2011Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovaneSelf
Movie2014Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i coloriSelf
Movie2002The Magic of FelliniSelf (archive footage)
Movie2007Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienneSelf
Movie2006Marcello, una vita dolceSelf
Movie2024Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivoSelf (archive footage)
Movie2015Il segreto di OtelloSelf
TV Show1974Spécial cinémaSelf3
TV Show1975Midi PremièreSelf2
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