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Mario Monicelli(1915-2010)

  • Writer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Mario Monicelli
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Mario Monicelli was born on 16 May 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for The Organizer (1963), Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958). He was married to Antonella Salerni. He died on 29 November 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
BornMay 16, 1915
DiedNovember 29, 2010(95)
BornMay 16, 1915
DiedNovember 29, 2010(95)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars
    • 35 wins & 28 nominations total

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Known for

Marcello Mastroianni, Annie Girardot, and Renato Salvatori in The Organizer (1963)
The Organizer
8.0
  • Writer(as Monicelli)
  • 1963
Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)
Let's Hope It's a Girl
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1986
Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Carla Gravina, Renato Salvatori, and Totò in Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
Big Deal on Madonna Street
7.9
  • Writer
  • 1958
Alberto Sordi in An Average Little Man (1977)
An Average Little Man
7.8
  • Writer
  • 1977

Credits

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Writer

  • La nuova armata Brancaleone (2010)
    La nuova armata Brancaleone
    6.2
    Short
    • Writer (credit only)
    • 2010
  • Le rose del deserto (2006)
    Le rose del deserto
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Come quando fuori piove (2000)
    Come quando fuori piove
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    • 2000
  • Panni sporchi (1999)
    Panni sporchi
    5.4
    • writer
    • 1999
  • Facciamo paradiso (1995)
    Facciamo paradiso
    5.5
    • screenplay
    • 1995
  • Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota (1994)
    Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota
    6.3
    • writer
    • 1994
  • Cari fottutissimi amici (1994)
    Cari fottutissimi amici
    6.6
    • Writer
    • 1994
  • Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992)
    Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations
    7.3
    • Writer
    • 1992
  • Rossini! Rossini! (1991)
    Rossini! Rossini!
    5.9
    • story and screenplay
    • 1991
  • Dark Illness (1990)
    Dark Illness
    6.4
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 1990
  • The Rogues (1987)
    The Rogues
    6.4
    • story
    • screenplay
    • 1987
  • Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)
    Let's Hope It's a Girl
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • 1986
  • Marcello Mastroianni in The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985)
    The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal
    6.8
    • screenplay
    • 1985
  • Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno (1984)
    Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 1984
  • Adolfo Celi, Renzo Montagnani, Gastone Moschin, and Ugo Tognazzi in Amici miei - Atto II° (1982)
    Amici miei - Atto II°
    7.6
    • writer
    • 1982

Director

  • La nuova armata Brancaleone (2010)
    La nuova armata Brancaleone
    6.2
    Short
    • Director (credit only)
    • 2010
  • Vicino al Colosseo c'è Monti (2008)
    Vicino al Colosseo c'è Monti
    6.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 2008
  • Le rose del deserto (2006)
    Le rose del deserto
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Firenze, il nostro domani (2003)
    Firenze, il nostro domani
    5.6
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Lettere dalla Palestina
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2003
  • La primavera del 2002 - L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma (2002)
    La primavera del 2002 - L'Italia protesta, l'Italia si ferma
    4.9
    Video
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Another World Is Possible (2001)
    Another World Is Possible
    6.3
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Come quando fuori piove (2000)
    Come quando fuori piove
    6.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Director
    • 2000
  • Panni sporchi (1999)
    Panni sporchi
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1999
  • I corti italiani (1997)
    I corti italiani
    4.8
    • Director (segment "Topi di appartamento")
    • 1997
  • Topi di appartamento
    Short
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Esercizi di stile (1996)
    Esercizi di stile
    4.7
    • Director (segment "Idillio edile")
    • 1996
  • The Royal Affair
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Facciamo paradiso (1995)
    Facciamo paradiso
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota (1994)
    Un amico magico: il maestro Nino Rota
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1994

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • La bellezza d'Ippolita (1962)
    La bellezza d'Ippolita
    5.9
    • assistant director
    • 1962
  • Fatalità (1947)
    Fatalità
    6.0
    • assistant director
    • 1947
  • Furia (1947)
    Furia
    3.8
    • assistant director
    • 1947
  • Il testimone (1946)
    Il testimone
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1946
  • Cortocircuito
    • assistant director
    • 1943
  • Pazzo d'amore (1942)
    Pazzo d'amore
    • assistant director
    • 1942
  • Finalmente soli (1942)
    Finalmente soli
    5.6
    • assistant director
    • 1942
  • Brivido (1941)
    Brivido
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • Marco Visconti (1941)
    Marco Visconti
    4.7
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • La granduchessa si diverte (1940)
    La granduchessa si diverte
    • assistant director
    • 1940
  • Il documento
    • assistant director
    • 1939
  • Equatore
    • assistant director
    • 1939
  • Nobody's Land
    • assistant director
    • 1939
  • Fascino (1939)
    Fascino
    • assistant director
    • 1939
  • Amedeo Nazzari and Camillo Pilotto in I fratelli Castiglioni (1937)
    I fratelli Castiglioni
    5.1
    • assistant director
    • 1937

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Under the Tuscan Sun
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Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Michele Badiek
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • May 16, 1915
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • Died
    • November 29, 2010
    • Rome, Lazio, Italy(suicide)
  • Spouse
    • Antonella Salerni(divorced, 2 children)
  • Children
      Martina Monicelli
  • Parents
      Tomaso Monicelli
  • Relatives
      Mino Monicelli(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Monicelli died on November 29, 2010 at the age of 95, after committing suicide by jumping from a window of the San Giovanni hospital in Rome, where he was admitted a few days earlier for prostate cancer.
  • Quotes
    The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death. These are the themes that make Italians laugh, anyway.

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