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Ugo Pirro, nome d'arte di Ugo Mattone(Salerno, 26 aprile1920– Roma, 18 gennaio2008), è stato uno sceneggiatoree scrittoreitaliano, candidato a due premi Oscarnel 1972per la sceneggiatura originaledi Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospettoe per la sceneggiatura non originalede Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini. Indice.
The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volontè) investigating a heinous crime—which he himself committed. Both a compelling character study and a ...
- Chief Inspector
Jan 24, 2008 · Ugo Pirro, 87, who wrote the screenplays for two Oscar-winning films, died Friday at his home in Rome, city officials said.
Ugo Pirro. Writer: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion. Ugo Pirro was born on 24 April 1920 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), Celluloide (1996) and We Still Kill the Old Way (1967).
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- April 24, 1920
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- January 18, 2008
Mon, 01/21/2008 - 05:29. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ugo Pirro died Friday in his Rome home. He was 87. Pirro earned his Academy Award nominations for Elio Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion in 1971 and Vittorio De Sica's Garden of the Finzi-Contini's in 1972. Born in Salerno, Pirro began as an author but branched off into ...
Ugo Pirro. Screenwriter. 23 April 1920 to 18 January 2008. As the writer of back-to-back winners of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Pirro’s contribution to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) and Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) remain his best known work outside his native Italy. He also enjoyed enduring collaborations with ...
Jan 18, 2008 · Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. His screenplays include films Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The Garden of the Fizi-Continis, which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film.
