Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter

Ettore Scola Ettore Scola (; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film ''A Special Day'' and over ...

. He wrote

Commedia all'italiana ''Commedia all'italiana'' () or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' in 1958 ...

films such as ''

The Easy Life ''Il sorpasso'' (), also titled ''The Easy Life'' in English, is a 1962 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Dino Risi and starring Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Catherine Spaak. It is considered Risi's masterpiece and on ...

'', '' Brutti sporchi e cattivi, ''or '' Adua e le compagne''.

Awards

He was nominated to the Academy Award for

Dino Risi Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of ''commedia all'italiana''. Biography Risi was born in Milan. He had an ...

's '' Profumo di donna''. He won a

David di Donatello The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David (Donatello, bronze), David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (the Academy of Italian Cin ...

for Ettore Scola's ''La famiglia''; and he was a 4 time

Nastro d'Argento The (plural: ''Nastri d'Argento''; English: Silver Ribbon) is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' (Italian National Union of Film Journalists). Awards are given annually in ...

winner for ''La famiglia'', Scola's ''Passione d'amore'' and ''

A Special Day ''A Special Day'' () is a 1977 period drama film directed and co-written by Ettore Scola, produced by Carlo Ponti, and starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Set in Rome in 1938, its narrative follows a housewife (Loren) and her neighbor ...

'', and

Antonio Pietrangeli Antonio Pietrangeli (19 January 191912 July 1968) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was a major practitioner of the commedia all'italiana genre. Biography Pietrangeli was born in Rome. He started in the film industry by writing ...

's '' Io la conoscevo bene''.

Selected filmography

* ''

Eleven Men and a Ball ''Eleven Men and a Ball'' () is a 1948 Italian sports film, sports comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Carlo Dapporto, Carlo Campanini and Clelia Matania.Chiti & Poppi p.385 The film's sets were designed by the art director Save ...

'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1950) * ''

Rome-Paris-Rome ''Rome-Paris-Rome'' () is a 1951 French-Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Sophie Desmarets and Peppino De Filippo. It was shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome and on location in Paris. The film's sets were ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Steamship Owner ''The Steamship Owner'' (Italian: ''Il padrone del vapore'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Carlo Campanini.Aprà p.101 The film's sets were designed by the art director Albert ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Passaguai Family ''The Passaguai Family'' (Italian: ''La Famiglia Passaguai'') is a 1951 Italian comedy film written, starring and directed by Aldo Fabrizi. It also featured Peppino De Filippo, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It was followed by a sequel '' The Pa ...

'' (1951) * ''

I, Hamlet ''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial succ ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Dream of Zorro ''The Dream of Zorro'' (Italian: ''Il Sogno di Zorro'') is a 1952 Italian comedy adventure film directed by Mario Soldati and starring Walter Chiari, Delia Scala and Vittorio Gassman. The future star Sophia Loren had a minor role in the film. T ...

'' (1952) * ''

Sardinian Vendetta ''Sardinian Vendetta'' (Italian: ''Vendetta... sarda'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari, Carlo Croccolo and Giovanna Pala.Apràp p.101 It as shot at the Icet Studios in Milan and the Ponti-De L ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Passaguai Family Gets Rich ''The Passaguai Family Gets Rich'' (Italian: ''La Famiglia Passaguai fa fortuna'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo Fabrizi and starring Fabrizi, Erminio Macario, Ave Ninchi and Giovanna Ralli. It is the sequel to the hit 1951 film ' ...

'' (1952) * ''

The Piano Tuner Has Arrived ''The Piano Tuner Has Arrived'' (Italian: ''È arrivato l'accordatore'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Virgilio Riento.Segrave & Martin p.52 The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

The Doctor of the Mad ''The Doctor of the Mad'' () is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò, Franca Marzi and Aldo Giuffrè.Bìspuri p.147 It is based on a 1908 Naples-set play of the same name by Eduardo Scarpetta. Plot summa ...

'' (1954) * '' Toto Seeks Peace'' (1954) * ''

It Happened at the Police Station ''It Happened at the Police Station'' (Italian: ''Accadde al commissariato'') is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Nino Taranto, Alberto Sordi and Walter Chiari.Lanzoni p.18 Cast * Nino Taranto as Police Commis ...

'' (1954) * ''

Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love ''Tripoli, Beautiful Land of Love'' () is a 1954 Italian comedy war film directed by Ferruccio Cerio and starring Alberto Sordi, Lyla Rocco and Fulvia Franco.Chiti & Poppi p.376 It takes its title from a traditional song of the same name which fea ...

'' (1954) * ''

The Two Friends ''The Two Friends'' (Italian: ''I due compari'') is a 1955 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Borghesio and starring Aldo Fabrizi, Peppino De Filippo and Giulia Rubini.Pintaldi p.69 The film's sets were designed by Flavio Mogherini. Cast * ...

'' (1955) * '' Red and Black'' (1955) * '' Count Max'' (1957)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maccari, Ruggero 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters Writers from Rome 1919 births 1989 deaths David di Donatello winners Ciak d'oro winners 20th-century Italian male writers