Furio Scarpelli (16 December 1919 – 28 April 2010), also calledScarpelli, was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerouscommedia all'italiana films withAgenore Incrocci, forming the duoAge & Scarpelli.^[1]

He was the son of journalistFiliberto Scarpelli. During his childhood he devoted himself to writing and drawing. DuringWorld War II, he started to work as an illustrator for satire magazines, together withFederico Fellini andEttore Scola, and he metAgenore Incrocci, better known as "Age".

Furio was born and died inRome, Italy.

In 1949, he started his famous collaboration with Age as the duo Age & Scarpelli, writing some of the firstTotò successes until 1952.

Together with Age, he worked on a total of 120 Italian movies. These include some of the most famous of all, such asSergio Leone'sThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly andMario Monicelli'sBig Deal on Madonna Street. After closing his relationship with Age, he wrote several movies with Ettore Scola, and the first works of directors such asFrancesca Archibugi andPaolo Virzì. His third Nomination to Oscar was forIl Postino: The Postman, written with his son Giacomo. He also taught at theCentro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. The filmTormenti (2011), adapted from his graphic novel, was released shortly after his death.

• Golden Lion per il filmThe Great War (1959)
• Nastro d'Argento per il filmBig Deal on Madonna Street (1959)
• Oscar Nomination dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences per il filmI Compagni (1964)
• Oscar Nomination dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences per il filmCasanova '70 (1965)
• Nastro d'Argento per il filmSedotta e abbandonata (1965)
• Nastro d'Argento per il filmSignore e signori (1967)
• Nastro d'Argento per il filmC'eravamo tanto amati (1975)
• David di Donatello per il filmRomanzo popolare (1975)
• Nastro d'Argento per il filmLa Terrazza (1980)
• Premio Cannes per la sceneggiatura deLa Terrazza (1980)
• Premio Flaiano - Pegaso d'Oro alla carriera (1980)
• Ciak d'Oro per il filmLa Famiglia (1986)
• Nastro d'Argento per il filmLa Famiglia (1987)
• David di Donatello per il filmLa Famiglia (1987)
• Oscar Nomination dell'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences per il filmIl Postino (1995)
• Nomination della British Academy of Film and Television Arts per il filmIl Postino (1995)
• David di Donatello per il filmCelluloide (1996)
• Globo d'Oro per il filmCelluloide (1996)
• Ciak d'Oro per il filmTestimone a rischio (1997)
• Grolla d'Oro per il filmLa Cena (1999)
• Nomination della European Film Awards per il film "Concorrenza Sleale" (2001)
• Premio Flaiano – Pegaso d'Oro per il filmConcorrenza Sleale (2001)
• Premio Elsa Morante ragazzi perOpopomoz (2004)
• Grolla d'Oro per il filmLa buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo (2006)
• Premio Flaiano – Pegaso d'Oro per il filmLa buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo (2006)

• Toto Looks for a House, directed bySteno,Mario Monicelli (1949)
• Totò le Mokò, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1949)
• Vivere a sbafo, directed byGiorgio Ferroni (1949)
• Toto the Sheik, directed byMario Mattoli (1950)
• Totò Tarzan, directed byMario Mattoli (1950)
• Figaro Here, Figaro There, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1950)
• The Cadets of Gascony, directed byMario Mattoli (1950)
• The Merry Widower, directed byMario Mattoli (1950)
• 47 morto che parla, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1950)
• The Knight Has Arrived!, directed byMario Monicelli,Steno (1950)
• Toto Looks for a Wife, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1950)
• Una bruna indiavolata!, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1951)
• O.K. Nerone, directed byMario Soldati (1951)
• Cameriera bella presenza offresi..., directed byGiorgio Pastina (1951)
• Toto the Third Man, directed byMario Mattoli (1951)
• Milano miliardaria, directed byMarino Girolami,Marcello Marchesi,Vittorio Metz (1951)
• Arrivano i nostri, directed byMario Mattoli (1951)
• Auguri e figli maschi!, directed byGiorgio Simonelli (1951)
• Seven Hours of Trouble, directed byVittorio Metz,Marcello Marchesi (1951)
• Rome-Paris-Rome, directed byLuigi Zampa (1951)
• The Three Pirates, directed byMario Soldati (1952)
• At Sword's Edge, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1952)
• Don Lorenzo, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1952)
• The Secret of Three Points, directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia (1952)
• Ragazze da marito, directed byEduardo De Filippo (1952)
• Toto in Color, directed bySteno (1952)
• Toto and the Women, directed bySteno,Mario Monicelli (1952)
• It Happened in the Park, directed byVittorio De Sica,Gianni Franciolini (1953)
• Ivan, Son of the White Devil, directed byGuido Brignone (1953)
• Cinema d'altri tempi, directed bySteno (1953)
• Neapolitans in Milan, directed byEduardo De Filippo (1953)
• Saluti e baci, directed byMaurice Labro,Giorgio Simonelli (1953)
• The Enchanting Enemy, directed byClaudio Gora (1953)
• What Scoundrels Men Are!, directed byGlauco Pellegrini (1953)
• Casta Diva, directed byCarmine Gallone (1954)
• House of Ricordi, directed byCarmine Gallone (1954)
• A Slice of Life, directed byAlessandro Blasetti (1954)
• Laugh! Laugh! Laugh!, directed byEdoardo Anton (1954)
• Symphony of Love, directed byGlauco Pellegrini (1954)
• Una pelliccia di visone, directed byGlauco Pellegrini (1954)
• Roman Tales, directed byGianni Franciolini (1955)
• Bravissimo, directed byLuigi Filippo D'Amico (1955)
• Don Camillo's Last Round, directed byCarmine Gallone (1955) (uncredited)
• Le signorine dello 04, directed byGianni Franciolini (1955)
• Toto and Carolina, directed byMario Monicelli (1955)
• The Bigamist, directed byLuciano Emmer (1956)
• The Band of Honest Men, directed byCamillo Mastrocinque (1956)
• Peccato di castità, directed byGianni Franciolini (1956)
• Time of Vacation, directed byAntonio Racioppi (1956)
• Souvenirs d'Italie, directed byAntonio Pietrangeli (1957)
• Fathers and Sons, directed byMario Monicelli (1957)
• Doctor and the Healer, directed byMario Monicelli (1957)
• The Law Is the Law, directed byChristian-Jaque (1958)
• Big Deal on Madonna Street, directed byMario Monicelli (1958)
• Hercules, directed byPietro Francisci (1958)
• March's Child, directed byAntonio Pietrangeli (1958)
• Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics, directed byMario Mattoli (1958)
• The Great War, directed byMario Monicelli (1959)
• Policarpo, directed byMario Soldati (1959)
• The Passionate Thief, directed byMario Monicelli (1960)
• Love and Larceny, directed byDino Risi (1960)
• Everybody Go Home, directed byLuigi Comencini (1960)
• Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti, directed byNanni Loy (1960)
• Il principe fusto, directed byMaurizio Arena (1960)
• On the Tiger's Back, directed byLuigi Comencini (1961)
• The Best of Enemies, directed byGuy Hamilton (1961)
• March on Rome, directed byDino Risi (1962)
• Mafioso, directed byAlberto Lattuada (1962)
• The Police Commissioner, directed byLuigi Comencini (1962)
• Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin, directed byGiorgio Bianchi (1962)
• I mostri, directed byDino Risi (1963)
• The Organizer, directed byMario Monicelli (1963)
• The Teacher from Vigevano, directed byElio Petri (1963)
• Shivers in Summer, directed byLuigi Zampa (1964)
• I complessi, directed byDino Risi,Franco Rossi,Luigi Filippo D'Amico (1964)
• Seduced and Abandoned, directed byPietro Germi (1964)
• Casanova '70, directed byMario Monicelli (1965)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, directed bySergio Leone (1966)
• I nostri mariti, directed byLuigi Filippo D'Amico,Luigi Zampa,Dino Risi (1966)
• L'armata Brancaleone, directed byMario Monicelli (1966)
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others, directed byAlessandro Blasetti (1966)
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians, directed byPietro Germi (1966)
• The Tiger and the Pussycat, directed byDino Risi (1967)
• The Witches, directed byMauro Bolognini,Vittorio De Sica,Pier Paolo Pasolini,Franco Rossi,Luchino Visconti (1967)
• Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?, directed byEttore Scola (1968)
• Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses, directed byDino Risi (1968)
• Caprice Italian Style, directed byMauro Bolognini,Mario Monicelli,Pier Paolo Pasolini,Steno,Pino Zac,Franco Rossi (1968)
• Quel negozio di Piazza Navona (1969) TV miniseries
• Brancaleone at the Crusades, directed byMario Monicelli (1970)
• FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore (1970) Miniserie TV
• Rosolino Paternò, soldato..., directed byNanni Loy (1970)
• The Pizza Triangle, directed byEttore Scola (1970)
• In the Name of the Italian People, directed byDino Risi (1971)
• Without Family, directed byVittorio Gassman (1972)
• Teresa the Thief, directed byCarlo Di Palma (1973)
• We Want the Colonels, directed byMario Monicelli (1973)
• We All Loved Each Other So Much, directed byEttore Scola (1974)
• Come Home and Meet My Wife, directed byMario Monicelli (1974)
• The Sunday Woman, directed byLuigi Comencini (1975)
• Basta che non si sappia in giro, directed byNanni Loy,Luigi Magni,Luigi Comencini (1976)
• Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen, directed byLuigi Comencini,Nanni Loy,Luigi Magni,Mario Monicelli,Ettore Scola (1976)
• Double Murder, directed bySteno (1977)
• Where Are You Going on Holiday?, directed byMauro Bolognini,Luciano Salce,Alberto Sordi (1978)
• Gros-Câlin, directed byJean-Pierre Rawson (1979)
• Sunday Lovers, directed byBryan Forbes,Edouard Molinaro,Dino Risi,Gene Wilder (1980)
• La terrazza, directed byEttore Scola (1980)
• Hurricane Rosy, directed byMario Monicelli (1980)
• Portrait of a Woman, Nude, directed byNino Manfredi (1981)
• Camera d'albergo, directed byMario Monicelli (1981)
• Spaghetti House, directed byGiulio Paradisi (1982)
• Ballando ballando, directed byEttore Scola (1983)
• Il tassinaro, directed byAlberto Sordi (1983)
• A Boy and a Girl, directed byMarco Risi (1984)
• Cuori nella tormenta, directed byEnrico Oldoini (1984)
• Macaroni, directed byEttore Scola (1985)
• My Dearest Son, directed byValentino Orsini (1985)
• Madman at War, directed byDino Risi (1985)
• The Family, directed byEttore Scola (1987)
• Soldati - 365 all'alba, directed byMarco Risi (1987)
• Time to Kill, directed byGiuliano Montaldo (1989)
• Captain Fracassa's Journey, directed byEttore Scola (1990)
• Briganti, directed byMarco Modugno (1990)
• The Wicked, directed byCarlo Lizzani (1991)
• Per amore o per amicizia, directed byPaolo Poeti (1993) (TV)
• Celluloide, directed byCarlo Lizzani (1995)
• Il Postino: The Postman, directed byMichael Radford (1994)
• A Cold, Cold Winter, directed byRoberto Cimpanelli (1996)
• An Eyewitness Account, directed byPasquale Pozzessere (1996)
• Ovosodo, directed byPaolo Virzì (1997)
• Other Men, directed byClaudio Bonivento (1997)
• Porzûs, directed byRenzo Martinelli (1997)
• The Dinner, directed byEttore Scola (1998)
• La missione, directed byMaurizio Zaccaro (1998) (TV)
• Unfair Competition, directed byEttore Scola (2001)
• Opopomoz, directed byEnzo D'Alò (2003)
• Napoleon and Me, directed byPaolo Virzì (2006)
• Baciami piccina, directed byRoberto Cimpanelli (2006)
• La buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo, directed byGianfranco Albano (2006) (TV)
• Christine Cristina, directed byStefania Sandrelli (2010)
• Tormenti - Film disegnato, directed by Filiberto Scarpelli (2011)

• Furio Scarpelli atIMDb

• 1919 births
• 2010 deaths
• David di Donatello winners
• Ciak d'oro winners
• Italian male screenwriters
• 20th-century Italian screenwriters
• Writers from Rome
• Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay winners

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