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Mario Monicelli
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Italian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010)
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Mario Monicelli was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. Born in Rome, Italy, in 1915, he began his work period in 1935 and continued until 2010. He was educated at the University of Pisa and spoke Italian. Monicelli was an atheist and the relative of Alberto Mondadori and Arnoldo Mondadori.
His notable works include *Big Deal on Madonna Street*, *Casanova 70*, *The Organizer*, and *The Rogues*. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. His awards include the Golden Lion, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, the Silver Bear for Best Director, and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He died by suicide in Rome in 2010.
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Film & TV
Rome, Italy
Mario Monicelli (May 16, 1915 – November 29, 2010) was an Italian director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana (Comedy Italian style). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Monicelli,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo — Self (archive footage)2024
- Opera Prima — Self2021
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret — Self - Réalisateur (archive footage)2019
- Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit — Self (archive footage)2017
- Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant — Self2015
- Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth — Self2014
- Monicelli: La versione di Mario — Self (archive footage)2012
- Noi c'eravamo — Self2011
- Voi siete qui — Self2011
- Maestro di che! — Self2011
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1915-05-16 ) 16 May 1915, Rome , Kingdom of Italy
- Died
- 29 November 2010 (2010-11-29) (aged 95), Rome, Italy
- Occupations
- Screenwriter film director actor
- Years active
- 1935–2010
- Awards
- Silver Bear for Best Director , 1957: Fathers and Sons , 1976: Caro Michele , 1981: Il Marchese del Grillo , Golden Lion , 1959: The Great War , Career Golden Lion , 1991: Lifetime Achievement
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mario
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Viareggio
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of Pisa
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- atheism
- Notable work
- Casanova 70
- Image
- MarioMonicelli.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mario Monicelli
- date of birth
- 1915-05-16
- date of death
- 2010-11-29
- manner of death
- Suicide
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- Commons gallery
- Mario Monicelli
- relative
- Arnoldo Mondadori
- name in native language
- Mario Monicelli
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Mario Monicelli
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- end of work period
- 2010-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli ( Italian: [ˈmaːrjo moniˈtʃɛlli]; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Considered one of the greatest Italian directors of his genre, he was one of the masters of the commedia all'italiana ("Italian-style comedy"), was nominated six times for an Academy Award, and received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1991.
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