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Furio Scarpelli

Profession
Writing
Born
December 16, 1919 · Rome, Italy
Died
April 28, 2010

Biography

Furio Scarpelli (16 December 1919 – 28 April 2010), also called Scarpelli, was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous Commedia all'italiana films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli. He was the son of journalist Filiberto Scarpelli. During his childhood he devoted himself to writing and drawing. During World War II, he started to work as an illustrator for satire magazines, together with Federico Fellini and Ettore Scola, and he met Agenore Incrocci, better known as "Age". Furio was born and died in Rome, Italy. In 1949, he started his famous collaboration with Age as the duo Age & Scarpelli, writing some of the first Totò successes until 1952. Together with Age, he worked on a total of 120 Italian movies. These include some of the most famous of all, such as Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti. After closing his relationship with Age, he wrote several movies with Ettore Scola, and the first works of directors such as Francesca Archibugi and Paolo Virzì. His third Nomination to Oscar was for Il Postino: The Postman, written with his son Giacomo. He also taught at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. The film Tormenti (2011), adapted from his graphic novel, was released shortly after his death. Source: Article "Furio Scarpelli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly poster
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Film · 1966 · ★ 8.5
The Postman poster
The Postman
Film · 1994 · ★ 7.9
Big Deal on Madonna Street poster
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Film · 1958 · ★ 8.1
We All Loved Each Other So Much poster
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Film · 1974 · ★ 8.3
Ovosodo poster
Ovosodo
Film · 1997 · ★ 7.2
For Love and Gold poster
For Love and Gold
Film · 1966 · ★ 7.7
The Great War poster
The Great War
Film · 1959 · ★ 8.1
Welcome to Collinwood poster
Welcome to Collinwood
Film · 2002 · ★ 6.1
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things) poster
A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)
Film · 1970 · ★ 7.2
The New Monsters poster
The New Monsters
Film · 1977 · ★ 7.0
The Band of Honest Men poster
The Band of Honest Men
Film · 1956 · ★ 7.7
The Monsters poster
The Monsters
Film · 1963 · ★ 7.4

Filmography