Ugo Pirro

Ugo Pirro(April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italianscreenwriterand novelist.

Ugo Pirro
Ugo Pirro (right) on the set ofCelluloide,Rome 1996
Born	Ugo Mattone April 20, 1920 Salerno,Italy
Died	January 18, 2008(2008-01-18)(aged 87) Rome,Italy
Occupation	Screenwriter,novelist
Language	Italian
Genre	Fiction,screenwriting

Biography

BornUgo MattoneinBattipaglia,nearSalerno,he debuted as screenwriter for directorCarlo Lizzani(Attention! Bandits!,1951, andThe Hunchback of Rome,1960).

Hisscreenplaysof the 1970s include filmsInvestigation of a Citizen Above SuspicionandThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis,which both wonAcademy Awardsas Best Foreign Film.

Pirro was also a literature author, his most notable works beingThe Camp Followers(1956), set in the Italian occupation ofGreeceduring World War II, andCelluloide,adapted for cinema by Lizzani in 1996.

Pirro died inRomein 2008.

Works

Films

• Attention! Bandits!(1951)
• Empty Eyes(1953)
• Songs of Italy(1955)
• The Wolves(1956)
• L'amore più bello(1957)
• The Most Wonderful Moment(1957)
• Cerasella(1959)
• The Hunchback of Rome(1960)
• La garçonnière(1960)
• 5 Branded Women(1960)
• Warriors Five(1962)
• The Verona Trial(1963)
• The Camp Followers(1965)
• Wake Up and Die(1966)
• Navajo Joe(1966)
• We Still Kill the Old Way(1967)
• The Wild Eye(1967)
• Sardinia Kidnapped(1968)
• The Day of the Owl(1968)
• L'amante di Gramigna(1969)
• Battle of Neretva(1969)
• Metello(1970)
• Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970)
• The Garden of the Finzi-Continis(1970)
• The Working Class Goes to Heaven(1971)
• Chronicle of a Homicide(1972)
• Il generale dorme in piedi(1972)
• One Russian Summer(1973)
• Property Is No Longer a Theft(1973)
• Battle of Sutjeska(1973)
• Somewhere Beyond Love(1974)
• I guappi(1974)
• Paolo Barca, Schoolteacher and Weekend Nudist(1975)
• Colpita da improvviso benessere(1975)
• San Babila-8 P.M.(1976)
• The Inheritance(1976)
• Il prefetto di ferro(1977)
• Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen(1978)
• Enfantasme(1978)
• Povratak(1979)
• Ogro(1979)
• Cronaca nera(1987)
• A Boy from Calabria(1987)
• Obbligo di giocare - Zugzwang(1990)
• Funes, a Great Love(1993)
• Law of Courage(1994)
• Celluloide(1996)
• The Nymph(1996)

Television

• Nucleo zero(1984)
• Mio figlio non sa leggere(1984)
• Gioco di società(1989)
• Piazza di Spagna(1993)
• La famiglia Ricordi(1993)
• Il prezzo del denaro(1995)

Novels

• The Camp Followers(1956)
• Mille tradimenti(1959)
• Jovanka e le altre(1960)
• Mio figlio non sa leggere(1981)
• Il luogo dei delitti(1991)
• Osteria dei pittori(1994)
• Celluloide(1995)
• Soltanto un nome sui titoli di testa(1998)
• Figli di ferroviere(1999)
• Per scrivere un film(2001)
• Il cinema della nostra vita(2001)

External links

• Ugo PirroatIMDb