Suso Cecchi D'Amico

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Suso Cecchi D'Amico (* July 21, 1914 as Giovanna Cecchi in Rome ; † July 31, 2010 there ) was an Italian screenwriter .

Life

Cecchi D'Amico, daughter of the writer and screenwriter Emilio Cecchi , wrote more than 110 screenplays from 1946, usually in cooperation with other authors. Occasionally she also provided the story for a script or was responsible for developing the dialogues. She worked closely with the directors , who often wrote the script with her. From the outset, including masterpieces were of Italian film history as Bicycle Thieves by Vittorio De Sica . She became known in the 1960s and 1970s through her collaboration with Franco Zeffirelli and Luchino Visconti . She turned to light entertainment films and television in the 1980s and worked extensively with Mario Monicelli . She worked as a screenwriter well into old age; at the age of 92 she was still one of the film authors for The End of the Gods .

In 1965 she was nominated together with Agenore Incrocci , Furio Scarpelli , Mario Monicelli , Tonino Guerra and Giorgio Salvioni for the Oscar in the category “Best Screenplay” for the film Casanova '70 .

In 1986 she won the Italian film prize David di Donatello for the television film Speriamo che sia femmina ( Tullio Pinelli , Mario Monicelli, Leonardo Benvenuti and Piero De Bernardi were also awarded ).

In 1982 Suso Cecchi D'Amico was a member of the jury of the Cannes Film Festival .

Until his death she was married to the musicologist Fidele D'Amico, with whom she had three children.

Filmography (selection)

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  1. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Cecchi D'Amico, Suso
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cecchi, Giovanna (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2010
Place of death Rome