Vincenzo Cerami (2 November 1940 – 17 July 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, novelist and poet.

Biography

From 1967, he contributed or wrote screenplays or adapted screenplays for more than 40 films. In 1996, he was a member of the jury at the

46th Berlin International Film Festival The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-American film ''Sense and Sensibility'' directed by Ang Lee. The retrospective dedicated to American film director, p ...

. In 1976, his first novel ''Un borghese piccolo piccolo'' (''A Very Normal Man'') was published, through the efforts of Italian novelist

Italo Calvino Italo Calvino (, also , ;. RAI (circa 1970), retrieved 25 October 2012. 15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) was an Italian writer and journalist. His best known works include the '' Our Ancestors'' trilogy (1952–1959), the ''Cosmicomi ...

. The book was immediately successful, and adapted for film in 1977 by Mario Monicelli. Also critically acclaimed was the verse novel, ''Addio Lenin'' (''Goodbye Lenin''), published 1981. In 1999, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film ''

Life Is Beautiful ''Life Is Beautiful'' ( it, La vita è bella, ) is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who emplo ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Silent Stranger ''The Silent Stranger'' (Italian: ''Lo straniero di silenzio''), also known as ''The Horseman and the Samurai'' and ''The Stranger in Japan'', is a 1968 Spaghetti Western jidaigeki film directed by Luigi Vanzi. It is the second sequel to '' A St ...

'' (1968) * ''

The Forgotten Pistolero ''The Forgotten Pistolero'' (Italian: ''Il pistolero dell'Ave Maria'', lit. "The Gunman of Hail Mary") is a 1969 Italian Spaghetti Western film co-written and directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The film is a western adaptation of the Greek myth of Or ...

'' (1969) * ''

Blindman ''Blindman'' (also known in Italian as ''Il Pistolero Cieco'', lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, ...

'' (1971) * ''

The First Time on the Grass ''The First Time on the Grass'' ( it, La prima volta sull'erba, and known in the United States as ''Love Under the Elms'') is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Gianluigi Calderone. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Fes ...

'' (1974) * '' An Average Little Man'' (1977) * ''

Beach House Beach House is an American musical duo formed in Baltimore, Maryland in 2004. The band consists of Victoria Legrand (vocals, keyboards) and Alex Scally (guitar, keyboard, backing vocals). Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006 t ...

'' (1977) * ''

A Leap in the Dark ''A Leap in the Dark'' ( it, Salto nel vuoto, and also known as ''Leap Into the Void'') is a 1980 Italian film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It stars Michel Piccoli and Anouk Aimée, who won the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes resp ...

'' (1980) * '' Il minestrone'' (1981) * ''

The Little Devil ''The Little Devil'' (original Italian name ''Il piccolo diavolo'') is a 1988 Italian film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, also starring Walter Matthau, Stefania Sandrelli, Nicoletta Braschi and John Lurie. In some European countries an ...

'' (1988) * ''

I ragazzi di via Panisperna ' (''Via Panisperna Boys'') is an Italian movie by director Gianni Amelio, telling the enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of young men fond of physics and mathematics, who ...

'' (1989) * '' Open Doors'' (1990) * ''

'' (1998) * ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel '' The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan ...

'' (2002) * ''

The Tiger and the Snow ''The Tiger and the Snow'' (Italian: La tigre e la neve) is a 2005 Italian comedy-drama film starring and directed by Roberto Benigni. Inspired by the fairy tale ''Sleeping Beauty'', the film is set in Rome and Baghdad during the invasion of Ir ...

'' (2005) * ''

Manuale d'amore ''Manual of Love'' ( it, Manuale d'amore) is a 2005 Italian blockbuster romantic comedy film in four quartets. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, who made two sequels, '' Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi'' in 2007, and '' Manuale ...

'' (2005)

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* 1940 births 2013 deaths Italian screenwriters Writers from Rome Italian male novelists David di Donatello winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian male screenwriters {{Italy-writer-stub