Ettore Scola

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 Risis feature Il Sorpasso 1962 He directed his first film Lets Talk About Women in 1964 In 1974 Scola enjoyed international success with We All Loved Each Other So Much Ceravamo tanto amati a wide fresco of postWorld War II Italian life and politics dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica The film won the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en scène at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for Brutti sporchi e cattivi Scola made further successful films including A Special Day 1977 That Night In Varennes 1982 What Time Is It 1989 and Captain Fracassas Journey 1990 He directed close to 40 films in some 40 years His film Passione damore adapted from a 19thcentury novel was adapted by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine into the awardwinning musical Passion He was a member of the jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival Scola died in Rome on 19 January 2016 at the age of 84 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ettore Scola licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia