Ugo Chiti (born 13 February 1943) is an Italian screenwriter, playwright, stage and film director.
Life and career
Born in
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a village () in Barberino Tavarnelle in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany. Before 2019 it was a municipality (). It is about south of Florence.
Sights
The main attraction of the territory ...
, Chiti started his career in 1970 with Pier'Alli's Society for Theatre Research.
He later founded Teatro in piazza ('Theater in the Square'), a stage company focused in folk and dialect theatre, and collaborated with Affratellamento Theater in Florence.
In 1983, he founded the Arkhè theater and began a long collaboration with the Arca Azzurra stage company, of which he became the main dramatist.
In theater, he is best known for the trilogy of dramas ''La terra e la memoria'' ('The land and the memory', 1987-1993), a portrait of 50 years of Italian history, of which he adapted the first chapter ''Allegretto'' into the film ''
Albergo Roma'' in 1996.
After serving as costume and production designer in a few films, Chiti started his career as a screenwriter with ''
Willy Signori e vengo da lontano'' by
Francesco Nuti
Francesco Nuti (17 May 1955 – 12 June 2023) was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Prato, Nuti began his professional career as an actor in the late 1970s, when he formed the cabaret group ''Giancattivi'' tog ...
.
In the following years, he became a close collaborator of Nuti,
Alessandro Benvenuti
Alessandro Benvenuti (born 31 January 1950) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes on ...
and
Giovanni Veronesi
Giovanni Veronesi (born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi (writer), Sandro Veronesi.
He started his career writing scripts for directors such as Francesco N ...
.
Starting from 2003, he is a regular collaborator of
Matteo Garrone
Matteo Garrone is an Italian filmmaker.
Early life
Matteo Garrone was born in Rome, Italy, the son of a theatre critic, Nico Garrone and a photographer, Donatella Rimoldi.
Career
In 1996 Garrone won the ''Sacher d'Oro'', an award sponsored b ...
.
During his career Chiti won numerous awards, notably six
David di Donatello
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, two
Silver Ribbons, a
Globo d'oro
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The fi ...
and a
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
Willy Signori e vengo da lontano'' (1989)
* ''
Welcome to Home Gori
''Welcome to Home Gori'' () is a 1990 comedy-drama film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti.
It is based on a comedy play with the same name by Ugo Chiti and the same Benvenuti. For her performance Ilaria Occhini was awarded with a Nastro d'Argent ...
'' (1990)
* ''
Women in Skirts '' (1991)
* ''
The Party's Over'' (1991)
* ''
Cain vs. Cain'' (1993)
* ''
For Love, Only for Love'' (1993)
* ''
Belle al Bar'' (1994)
* ''
Ivo the Genius'' (1995)
* ''
OcchioPinocchio'' (1995)
*''
Albergo Roma'' (1996, also director)
* ''
The Barber of Rio
''The Barber of Rio'' () is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Giovanni Veronesi.
Cast
*Diego Abatantuono as Matteo
*Zuleika Dos Santos as Giorginha
*Rocco Papaleo as Ugo
*Giuseppe Oristanio as Rocco
* Margaret Mazzantini as Silvia
* Renata Fr ...
'' (1996)
* ''
Return to Home Gori
''Return to Home Gori'' () is a 1996 comedy film directed by Alessandro Benvenuti. It is the sequel of ''Welcome to Home Gori''.
Plot
After 5 years from the fateful day of Christmas at ''Welcome to Home Gori'', the scenery changes during a robber ...
'' (1996)
* ''
Silenzio... si nasce'' (1996)
*''
Albergo Roma'' (1998, also director)
* ''
Io amo Andrea
''Io amo Andrea'' () is a 2000 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Francesco Nuti.
Cast
* Francesco Nuti as Dado
* Francesca Neri as Andrea
* Agathe de La Fontaine as Francesca
* Marina Giulia Cavalli as Rossana
* Novello Novelli
N ...
'' (1999)
* ''
Caruso, Zero for Conduct
''Caruso, Zero for Conduct'' () is a 2001 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Nuti.
Cast
*Francesco Nuti as Lorenzo Caruso
*Cecilia Dazzi
Cecilia Dazzi (born 17 October 1969) is an Italian actress, television personality and songwriter.
...
'' (2001)
* ''
The Embalmer'' (2002)
* ''
Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy?'' (2003)
* ''
Manual of Love'' (2005)
* ''
Manual of Love 2 '' (2006)
* ''
Gomorrah'' (2008)
* ''
Black Sea
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'' (2008)
* ''
Italians
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'' (2009)
* ''
La pecora nera'' (2010)
* ''
Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using'' (2010)
* ''
The Ages of Love'' (2011)
* ''
Reality
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Philosophical questions abo ...
'' (2012)
* ''
The Fifth Wheel '' (2013)
* ''
A Woman as a Friend'' (2014)
* ''
Tale of Tales'' (2015)
* ''
As Needed'' (2018)
* ''
Dogman'' (2018)
* ''
The Life Ahead
''The Life Ahead'' () is a 2020 Italian drama film directed by Edoardo Ponti, from a screenplay by Ponti and Ugo Chiti. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1975 novel '' The Life Before Us'' by Romain Gary. It stars Sophia Loren, Ibrahim ...
'' (2020)
* ''
Strangeness
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'' (2022)
* ''
Mimì: Prince of Darkness'' (2023)
Further reading
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References
External links
*
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1943 births
Living people
People from Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
Italian screenwriters
Italian dramatists and playwrights
Italian film directors
European Film Awards winners (people)
David di Donatello winners
Nastro d'Argento winners