Ettore Scola

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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...

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American PlayhouseSeries • 1982A Bookshop in ParisMovie • 2021We All Loved Each Other So MuchMovie • 1974A Special DayMovie • 1977Ugly, Dirty and BadMovie • 1976Il SorpassoMovie • 1962ComplexesMovie • 1965An American in RomeMovie • 1954The BachelorMovie • 1955Roaring YearsMovie • 1962That Night of VarennesMovie • 1982The FamilyMovie • 1987I Knew Her WellMovie • 1965The New MonstersMovie • 1977Goodnight, Ladies and GentlemenMovie • 1976What Time Is It?Movie • 1989A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)Movie • 1970Two Nights with CleopatraMovie • 1954Passion of LoveMovie • 1981Totò in the MoonMovie • 1958At War for LoveMovie • 2016MacaroniMovie • 1985Love and LarcenyMovie • 1960The Magnificent CuckoldMovie • 1964