Ettore Scola facts for kids
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Ettore Scola
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Scola in 2007
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| Born | 10 May 1931 Trevico, Kingdom of Italy
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| Died | 19 January 2016 (aged 84) Rome, Italy
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| Years active | 1964–2016 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Children | 2 |
Ettore Scola (born May 10, 1931 – died January 19, 2016) was a famous Italian screenwriter and film director. He made many movies that people loved. He even won a Golden Globe Award for his film A Special Day in 1978. His movies were nominated for the Academy Awards (also known as the Oscars) five times!
Life and career
Ettore Scola was born in a town called Trevico in Italy. When he was just 15 years old, he started working as a ghostwriter. This means he wrote things for other people without getting public credit.
In 1953, he started working in the movie world as a screenwriter. A screenwriter writes the story and dialogue for movies. He worked with other talented people like director Dino Risi. Ettore Scola directed his very first movie, called Let's Talk About Women, in 1964.
One of his most famous films was We All Loved Each Other So Much (its Italian title was C'eravamo tanto amati). This movie came out in 1974 and showed what Italian life was like after World War II. It won a big award called the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1976, he won the Best Director award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for his film Brutti, sporchi e cattivi.
Scola continued to make many successful films. These included A Special Day (1977), That Night In Varennes (1982), What Time Is It? (1989), and Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990). He directed almost 40 movies over about 40 years! His film Passion of Love was even turned into a musical called Passion.
Ettore Scola passed away in Rome on January 19, 2016, when he was 84 years old.
Movies directed by Ettore Scola
Here is a list of some of the movies Ettore Scola directed:
- Let's Talk About Women (1964)
- Thrilling (1965)
- Hard Time for Princes (1965)
- The Devil in Love (1966)
- Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
- Police Chief Pepe (1969)
- The Pizza Triangle (1970)
- My Name Is Rocco Papaleo (1971)
- The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life (1972)
- Trevico-Turin: Voyage in Fiatnam (1973)
- Festival Unità (1973) - a documentary film
- We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)
- Down and Dirty (1976)
- A Special Day (1977)
- La terrazza (1980)
- Passion of Love (1981)
- That Night in Varennes (1982)
- Vorrei che volo (1982) - a documentary film
- Le Bal (1983)
- Macaroni (1985)
- Imago urbis (1987) - a documentary film
- The Family (1987)
- Splendor (1988)
- What Time Is It? (1989)
- Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990)
- Mario, Maria and Mario (1993)
- Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995)
- The Dinner (1998)
- Unfair Competition (2001)
- Un altro mondo è possibile (2001) - a documentary film
- Lettere dalla Palestina (2002) - a documentary film
- Gente di Roma (2003)
- How Strange to Be Named Federico (2013) - a documentary film
Awards and recognition
Ettore Scola won many awards for his amazing work:
- 1966: Nastro d'Argento for Best Script for Io la conoscevo bene
- 1975: Moscow Film Festival Best Film for C'eravamo tanto amati
- 1976: Cannes Film Festival Best Director for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi
- 1977: César Award for Best Foreign Film for C'eravamo tanto amati
- 1978: Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film for A Special Day
- 1978: David di Donatello Best Director for A Special Day
- 1980: Cannes Film Festival Best Script for La terrazza
- 1984: César Award for Best Director for Le Bal
- 1984: Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear for Best Director for Le Bal
- 1987: David di Donatello Best Director and Best Script for La famiglia
- 1990: Pietro Bianchi award at Venice Film Festival
- 1997: He received a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in California.
- 2001: 23rd Moscow International Film Festival Best Director for Concorrenza sleale
See also
In Spanish: Ettore Scola para niños
