Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist.Obituary in ''The Times'', 21 January 2008
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Biography

Born Ugo Mattone in

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, near Salerno, he debuted as screenwriter for director

Carlo Lizzani Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic. Biography Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...

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Achtung! Banditi! ''Achtung! Banditi!'' also known as ''Attention! Bandits!'' is a 1951 Italian World War II film drama directed by Carlo Lizzani and starring Gina Lollobrigida and Andrea Checchi. Cast *Gina Lollobrigida as Anna *Andrea Checchi as the engineer * ...

'', 1951, and '' Il gobbo'', 1960). His screenplays of the 1970s include films ''

Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto ''Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion'' ( it, Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) is a 1970 Italian crime drama film directed by Elio Petri, starring Gian Maria Volonté and Florinda Bolkan. It is a psychological, blac ...

'' and '' Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini'', which both won

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as Best Foreign Film. Pirro was also a literature author, his most notable works being ''Le soldatesse'' (1956), set in the Italian occupation of

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during World War II, and '' Celluloide'', adapted for cinema by Lizzani in 1996. Pirro died in

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in 2008.

Works

Films

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'' (1951) *'' Il sole negli occhi'' (1953) * ''

Songs of Italy ''Songs of Italy'' (Italian: ''Canzoni di tutta Italia'') is a 1955 Italian musical film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà and Silvana Pampanini.Torriglia p.208 It was shot in Ferraniacolor. It was one of ...

'' (1955) *'' Uomini e lupi'' (1956) *'' L'amore più bello'' (1957) *'' Il momento più bello'' (1957) *''

Cerasella ''Cerasella'' is a 1959 Italian teen comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo. It is loosely inspired by the lyrics of the song " Cerasella". Cast *Claudia Mori: Cerasella *Mario Girotti: Bruno *Luigi De Filippo: Alfredo *Alessandra Pana ...

'' (1959) *'' Il gobbo'' (1960) *'' La garçonnière'' (1960) *'' 5 Branded Women'' (1960) *'' La guerra continua'' (1962) *''

Il processo di Verona ''Il processo di Verona'' (internationally released as ''The Verona Trial'') is a 1963 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani. The film tells of the final phases of the Italian fascist regime, in particular the affair of the 194 ...

'' (1963) *'' Le soldatesse'' (1965) *'' Svegliati e uccidi'' (1966) *'' Navajo Joe'' (1966) *'' A ciascuno il suo'' (1967) *'' L'occhio selvaggio'' (1967) *''

Sardinia Kidnapped ''Sardinia Kidnapped'' ( it, Sequestro di persona, "Kidnapped"), also known as ''Ransom in Sardinia'', ''Island of Crime'' and ''Unlawful Restraint'', is a 1968 Italian poliziotteschi film directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi and starring Franco Ner ...

'' (1968) *'' Il giorno della civetta'' (1968) *'' L'amante di Gramigna'' (1969) *''

Bitka na Neretvi ''Battle of Neretva'' ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Bitka na Neretvi, Битка на Неретви) is a 1969 Yugoslavian epic partisan film. Written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić, it is based on the true events ...

'' (1969) *''

Metello ''Metello'' is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. It starred Massimo Ranieri as the title character. Plot During the end of the 19th century, young Metello decides to start ...

'' (1970) *''

'' (1970) *'' Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini'' (1970) *'' La classe operaia va in paradiso'' (1971) *'' Imputazione di omicidio per uno studente'' (1972) *''

Il generale dorme in piedi ''Il generale dorme in piedi'' (''The general sleeps standing up'') is a 1972 commedia all'italiana. It represents the directorial debut of Francesco Massaro and it is based on a novel with the same name written by Giuseppe D'Agata. It was filmed ...

'' (1972) *'' Days of Fury'' (1973) *'' La proprietà non è più un furto'' (1973) *'' Sutjeska'' (1973) *'' Delitto d'amore'' (1974) *''

I guappi ''I guappi'' (internationally released as ''Blood Brothers'') is a 1974 Italian historical drama film with "poliziotteschi" and " noir" elements. This film marks the meeting between Claudia Cardinale and the director Pasquale Squitieri, who soon be ...

'' (1974) *'' Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista'' (1975) *''

Colpita da improvviso benessere ''Colpita da improvviso benessere'' ("''Struck by sudden wealth''") is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Giraldi. Plot Elisabetta is a fishwife with petty-bourgeois aspirations who lives more uxorio with Luiso Malerba, an anarchist ...

'' (1975) *'' San Babila ore 20 un delitto inutile'' (1976) *'' L'eredità Ferramonti'' (1976) *'' Il prefetto di ferro'' (1977) *'' Signore e signori, buonanotte'' (1978) *'' Enfantasme'' (1978) *'' Povratak'' (1979) *''

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'' (1979) *'' Cronaca nera'' (1987) *''

Un ragazzo di Calabria ''Un ragazzo di Calabria'' (internationally released as ''A Boy from Calabria'') is a 1987 Italian comedy drama film by Luigi Comencini. It entered the main competition at the 44th Venice Film Festival in which it won the Pasinetti Award for Best ...

'' (1987) *'' Obbligo di giocare - Zugzwang'' (1990) *'' Funes, un gran amor'' (1993) *''

Il giudice ragazzino ''Law of Courage'' ( it, Il giudice ragazzino, literally "the kid judge") is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Di Robilant. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Blue Angel Award. For thi ...

'' (1994) *'' Celluloide'' (1996) *''

Ninfa plebea ''Ninfa plebea'', internationally released as ''The Nymph'', is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Lina Wertmüller. It is based on the Premio Strega winning novel with the same name by Domenico Rea. Cast * Raoul Bova: Pietro * L ...

'' (1996)

Television

*'' Nucleo zero'' (1984) *'' Mio figlio non sa leggere'' (1984) *'' Gioco di società'' (1989) *''

Piazza di Spagna Piazza di Spagna ("Spanish Square"), at the bottom of the Spanish Steps, is one of the most famous squares in Rome, Italy. It owes its name to the Palazzo di Spagna, the seat of the Embassy of Spain to the Holy See. There is also the famed Colum ...

'' (1993) *'' La famiglia Ricordi'' (1993) *'' Il prezzo del denaro'' (1995)

Novels

*'' Le soldatesse'' (1956) *'' Mille tradimenti'' (1959) *''

Jovanka e le altre Jovanka is the diminutive form of the Slavic female name Jovana. It may refer to: * Jovanka Broz, the former First Lady of Yugoslavia, wife of Josip Broz Tito * Jovanka Houska, English chess player * Tegan Jovanka Tegan Jovanka is a fictional ...

'' (1960) *'' Mio figlio non sa leggere'' (1981) *'' Il luogo dei delitti'' (1991) *'' Osteria dei pittori'' (1994) *'' Celluloide'' (1995) *'' Soltanto un nome sui titoli di testa'' (1998) *'' Figli di ferroviere'' (1999) *''Per scrivere un film'' (2001) *''Il cinema della nostra vita'' (2001)

References

External links

* 1920 births 2008 deaths People from Battipaglia 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Italian male novelists David di Donatello winners 20th-century Italian male writers {{Screen-writer-stub