Ettore Scola

Ettore Scola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttore ˈskɔːla]; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film A Special Day and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.

Ettore Scola
Scola in 1983
Born(1931-05-10)10 May 1931
Trevico, Kingdom of Italy
Died19 January 2016(2016-01-19) (aged 84)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1964–2016
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Children2

Life and career

Scola was born in Trevico, Avellino, Campania. At age 15, he became a ghostwriter.[1] He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953 and collaborated with director Dino Risi and fellow writer Ruggero Maccari on the screenplay for Risi's feature, Il Sorpasso (1962). He directed his first film, Let's Talk About Women, in 1964. In 1974, Scola enjoyed international success with We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto amati), a wide fresco of post-World War II Italian life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. The film won the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] In 1976, he won the Prix de la mise en scène at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi.

Scola made further successful films, including A Special Day (1977), That Night In Varennes (1982), What Time Is It? (1989) and Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990). He directed close to 40 films in some 40 years. His film Passione d'amore, adapted from a 19th-century novel, was adapted by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine into the award-winning musical Passion. He was a member of the jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. .

A lifelong supporter of left-wing politics, Scola was part of the shadow cabinet of the Italian Communist Party in 1989 as Minister of Culture.[3]

In 2009, Scola signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.[4]

Scola died in Rome on 19 January 2016 at the age of 84.[5]

Filmography as director

Awards

References
  1. MARIAROSA MANCUSO (20 January 2016). "Ettore Scola, negro". Il Foglio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2021. ETTORE SCOLA, NEGRO. Insomma, scrittore per conto terzi, ghostwriter, fornitore di gag, battutista a cottimo (lo fu anche Woody Allen, agli inizi). Lo voleva far scrivere sul suo biglietto da visita il giovanissimo Ettore Scola [...] Negro e felicissimo
  2. "9th Moscow International Film Festival (1975)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. "Ettore Scola, una vita nel cinema: arriva in sala "Ridendo e scherzando"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. "Le cinéma soutient Roman Polanski / Petition for Roman Polanski". Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (in French). 28 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012.
  5. "Italian film director Ettore Scola dead at age of 84: media". france24.com. France 24. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  6. "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  7. "Berlinale: 1984 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  8. "Berlinale: 1991 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  9. Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated
  10. "23rd Moscow International Film Festival (2001)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
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