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Ettore Scola | |
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.jpg) Scola in 1983 | |
| Born | (1931-05-10)10 May 1931 |
| Died | 19 January 2016(2016-01-19) (aged 84) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1964–2016 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Children | 2 |
Ettore Scola (Italian:[ˈɛttoreˈskɔːla]; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received aGolden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his filmA Special Day and over the course of his film career was nominated for fiveAcademy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Scola was born inTrevico,Avellino, Campania.[1] At age 15, he became a ghostwriter.[2] He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953 and collaborated with directorDino Risi and fellow writerRuggero 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 withWe 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 directorVittorio De Sica. The film won the Golden Prize at the9th Moscow International Film Festival.[3] In 1976, he won the Prix de la mise en scène at the1976 Cannes Film Festival forDown and Dirty.
Scola made further successful films, includingA Special Day (1977),That Night In Varennes (1982),What Time Is It? (1989) andCaptain Fracassa's Journey (1990). He directed close to 40 films in some 40 years.[citation needed] His filmPassione d'amore, adapted from a 19th-century novel, was adapted byStephen Sondheim andJames Lapine into the award-winning musicalPassion. He was a member of the jury at the1988 Cannes Film Festival.[citation needed].
A lifelong supporter of left-wing politics, Scola was part of theshadow cabinet of theItalian Communist Party in 1989 asMinister of Culture.[4]
In 2009, Scola signed a petition in support of film directorRoman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.[5]
Scola died in Rome on 19 January 2016 at the age of 84.[6]
ETTORE SCOLA, NEGRO. Insomma, scrittore per conto terzi, ghostwriter, fornitore di gag, battutista a cottimo (lo fu anche Woody Allen, agli inizi). Lo voleva far scrivere sul suo biglietto da visita il giovanissimo Ettore Scola [...] Negro e felicissimo
