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Ettore Scola (born May 10, 1931) is an Italian screenwriter and film director best known for his films Ugly, Dirty and Bad and A Special Day.

Biography

Scola was born in Trevico, province of Avellino (Campania).

He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953, and directed his first movie, 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 Italy life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en scène at Cannes Film Festival for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi.

Since then Ettore Scola has made several successful films, including A Special Day (1977), That Night In Varennes (1982), What Time Is It? (1989) and Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990). Ettore Scola has directed close to 40 films in some 40 years, and he is still active.

Filmography as director

• Se permettete parliamo di donne (1964)
• Thrilling (1965)
• La congiuntura (1965)
• L'arcidiavolo (1966)
• Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa? (1968)
• Il Commissario Pepe (1969)
• The Pizza Triangle (Dramma della gelosia - Tutti i particolari in cronaca) (1970)
• Permette? Rocco Papaleo (1971)
• La più bella serata della mia vita (1972)
• Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam) (1973)
• Festival Unità (1973) - documentary
• C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)
• Signore e signori, buonanotte (1976)
• Brutti sporchi e cattivi (1976)
• Una giornata particolare (1977)
• Viva Italia! (I Nuovi Mostri) (1977)
• L'ingorgo-una storia impossibile (1978) - some scenes
• La terrazza (1980)
• Passione d'amore (1981)
• La Nuit de Varennes (Italian title: Il mondo nuovo) (1982)
• Vorrei che volo (1982)
• Le Bal (1983)
• Cuori nella tormenta (1984) - some scenes
• Maccheroni (1985)
• Imago urbis (1987)
• La famiglia (1987)
• I picari (1987) - some scenes
• Splendor (1988]])
• Che ora è? (1989)
• Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (1990)
• Mario, Maria e Mario (1993)
• Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995)
• La cena (1998)
• Concorrenza sleale (2001)
• Un altro mondo è possibile (2001) - documentary
• Lettere dalla Palestina (2002) - documentary
• Gente di Roma (2003)