Screen and stage director, screenwriter.
He graduated in Political Science in Geneva and in Law in Milan. After a long apprenticeship as a journalist - he worked at "Corrente" and "LEuropeo" - in 1949 he moved to Rome, where he began to work in the film industry as assistant director of Renato Castellani, Roberto Rossellini and Mario Camerini and as a screenwriter. He directed his first film "Il padrone sono me!" in 1955, but attracted little attention until the 70s when he received international acclaim for "Pane e cioccolata/Bread and Chocolate" (1973/winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin 1974) and "Dimenticare Venezia/To Forget Venice" (1979), who got an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Picture of 1980 and the David di Donatello Award for Best Film. He not only wrote the screenplays for all of his own films, but also numerous scripts for other directors, including important films such as "Ulysses" (1954/dir. Camerini), "Romeo and Juliet" (1968/ dir. Franco Zeffirelli ) and "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" (1970/dir. Vittorio De Sica). He died of leukemia.
He graduated in Political Science in Geneva and in Law in Milan. After a long apprenticeship as a journalist - he worked at "Corrente" and "LEuropeo" - in 1949 he moved to Rome, where he began to work in the film industry as assistant director of Renato Castellani, Roberto Rossellini and Mario Camerini and as a screenwriter. He directed his first film "Il padrone sono me!" in 1955, but attracted little attention until the 70s when he received international acclaim for "Pane e cioccolata/Bread and Chocolate" (1973/winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin 1974) and "Dimenticare Venezia/To Forget Venice" (1979), who got an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Picture of 1980 and the David di Donatello Award for Best Film. He not only wrote the screenplays for all of his own films, but also numerous scripts for other directors, including important films such as "Ulysses" (1954/dir. Camerini), "Romeo and Juliet" (1968/ dir. Franco Zeffirelli ) and "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" (1970/dir. Vittorio De Sica). He died of leukemia.
Screen and stage director, screenwriter.
He graduated in Political Science in Geneva and in Law in Milan. After a long apprenticeship as a journalist - he worked at "Corrente" and "LEuropeo" - in 1949 he moved to Rome, where he began to work in the film industry as assistant director of Renato Castellani, Roberto Rossellini and Mario Camerini and as a screenwriter. He directed his first film "Il padrone sono me!" in 1955, but attracted little attention until the 70s when he received international acclaim for "Pane e cioccolata/Bread and Chocolate" (1973/winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin 1974) and "Dimenticare Venezia/To Forget Venice" (1979), who got an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Picture of 1980 and the David di Donatello Award for Best Film. He not only wrote the screenplays for all of his own films, but also numerous scripts for other directors, including important films such as "Ulysses" (1954/dir. Camerini), "Romeo and Juliet" (1968/ dir. Franco Zeffirelli ) and "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" (1970/dir. Vittorio De Sica). He died of leukemia.
He graduated in Political Science in Geneva and in Law in Milan. After a long apprenticeship as a journalist - he worked at "Corrente" and "LEuropeo" - in 1949 he moved to Rome, where he began to work in the film industry as assistant director of Renato Castellani, Roberto Rossellini and Mario Camerini and as a screenwriter. He directed his first film "Il padrone sono me!" in 1955, but attracted little attention until the 70s when he received international acclaim for "Pane e cioccolata/Bread and Chocolate" (1973/winner of the Silver Bear in Berlin 1974) and "Dimenticare Venezia/To Forget Venice" (1979), who got an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Picture of 1980 and the David di Donatello Award for Best Film. He not only wrote the screenplays for all of his own films, but also numerous scripts for other directors, including important films such as "Ulysses" (1954/dir. Camerini), "Romeo and Juliet" (1968/ dir. Franco Zeffirelli ) and "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" (1970/dir. Vittorio De Sica). He died of leukemia.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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