Tullio Pinelli

Screenwriter

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Birth Place
Italy
Born
June 24, 1908
Died
March 07, 2009

Biography

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One of the finest screenwriters Italy ever produced, Tullio Pinelli was seemingly destined for an elite life. Hailing from an old, noble family, he first followed tradition by becoming a cavalry officer, then he tried law. But he hit on real success with his theatrical writing, particularly when one of his plays attracted the attention of Lux, a production house active at the time. The c...

Filmography

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Fellini (2001)
Himself
Pourvu que ce soit une fille (1987)
Story By
Pourvu que ce soit une fille (1987)
Screenwriter
Pourvu que ce soit une fille (1987)
From Story
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Screenwriter
Amici Miei Atto III (1986)
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Biography

One of the finest screenwriters Italy ever produced, Tullio Pinelli was seemingly destined for an elite life. Hailing from an old, noble family, he first followed tradition by becoming a cavalry officer, then he tried law. But he hit on real success with his theatrical writing, particularly when one of his plays attracted the attention of Lux, a production house active at the time. The company hired him to write screenplays, and his career was set. In the span of that career, which spanned a remarkable seven decades, Pinelli helped write some of his country's most enduring classics. Federico Fellini utilized his services as a co-writer on several of the director's most beloved films, including the coming-of-age ensemble drama "I Vitelloni" (1953), and 1963's surreal trip inside the head of a celebrated film director, "8½." Pinelli also worked on a few other notable efforts, among them an uncredited co-write of Vittorio De Sica's blistering portrayal of a rich Jewish family in Fascist Italy, "The Garden of the Finzi-Continis" ('70). For the most part, however, Pinelli was the sole credited writer on most of his works. For example, his name graces features such as the '66 religious biopic "Francis of Assisi," as well as tons of other films, TV miniseries, and TV movies.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Fellini (2001)
Himself

Writer (Feature Film)

Pourvu que ce soit une fille (1987)
Story By
Pourvu que ce soit une fille (1987)
Screenwriter
Pourvu que ce soit une fille (1987)
From Story
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Screenwriter
Amici Miei Atto III (1986)
Screenwriter
Flipper (1983)
Screenwriter
Amici miei atto II (1983)
Screenplay
Amici miei atto II (1983)
From Story
La Voce (1982)
From Story
La Voce (1982)
Screenwriter
Il Marchese del Grillo (1981)
Screenwriter
Travels With Anita (1978)
Screenwriter
Amici Miei (1975)
Screenwriter
Per le Antiche Scale (1975)
Screenwriter
Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)
Screenwriter
Serafino (1970)
Story
Serafino (1970)
Screenwriter
The Climax (1967)
Screenwriter
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Story
Love à la Carte (1965)
Screenwriter
Bambole (1965)
Screenplay for "Treatise in Eugenics"
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Screenwriter
Variety Lights (1965)
Screenwriter
8 1/2 (1963)
Screenwriter
The Steppe (1963)
Screenwriter
Boccaccio '70 (1962)
Screenplay for "The Temptation of Dr. Antonio"
Il bidone (1962)
Screenwriter
La dolce vita (1961)
Story
La dolce vita (1961)
Screenwriter
La Strada (1954)
Screenplay
La Strada (1954)
From Story
I Vitelloni (1953)
From Story
Love in the City (1953)
Screenplay ("Un Agenzia Matrimoniale")
The White Sheik (1952)
Screenplay
The White Sheik (1952)
From Story
The White Sheik (1952)
Story By
Variety Lights (1950)
Screenwriter

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Fellini (2001)
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La Strada (1954) — (Movie Clip) The Fool Will Perform Innocent Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, directed by her husband Federico Fellini) has run away from her employer/owner (barnstorming entertainer Zampano, Anthony Quinn) and wandered into a nearby town where she sees a Catholic festival, then one of his rivals (Richard Basehart as “Il Matto,” or “The Fool”), in the worldwide hit La Strada, 1954.
La Strada -- (Movie Clip) Trifle Subtitled puns and slapstick in this famous scene as low-rent itinerant strong man performer Zampano (Anthony Quinn) and Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, the director's wife), his new assistant, performing for the first time, charm their rural Italian audience, in Federico Fellini's La Strada, 1954.
La Strada -- (Movie Clip) Opening Credits Opening credit sequence for Federico Fellini's first international hit, La Strada, 1954, starring his wife Giuletta Masina, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart, from the new restoration by The Film Foundation, The Criterion Collection and The Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
La Strada -- (Movie Clip) Macho Man Directed by her husband Federico Fellini, country-girl Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) at her first restaurant dinner with intoxicated roustabout strong-man Zampano (Anthony Quinn), who in-effect purchased her from her impoverished mother, and who soon becomes more interested in the barmaid (Anna Primula), in La Strada, 1954.
La Strada -- (Movie Clip) Here He Is, Zampano! On their first day together, traveling entertainer Zampano (Anthony Quinn) discovers Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina, the director's wife), the assistant he's basically purchased, can't cook, and offers some instruction on performance, in Federico Fellini's La Strada, 1954.
La Strada -- (Movie Clip) Gelsomina Opening scene in which Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) is sold by her mother (Caterina Boratto) to entertainer Zampano (Anthony Quinn) for ten thousand lire, in Federico Fellini's La Strada, 1954.
8 1/2 -- (1963) -- (Movie Clip) An Impoverished Poetic Inspiration At the spa for mineral water, Claudia (Claudia Cardinale) appears to glide in before movie director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) enters conversation with writer Fabrizio (Jean Rougeul), in Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, 1963.
Ginger And Fred (1986) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't See The Resemblance On the first evening in the modest Rome hotel, Amelia (Giulietta Masina, the director’s wife, stage name “Ginger,”) remains in good spirits, awaiting the corny TV special and her still-absent partner “Fred,” Martin Maria Blau the disinterested assistant director, in Federico Fellini’s Ginger And Fred, 1986.
Ginger And Fred (1986) -- (Movie Clip) It's Like A Landing Strip Still not discouraged that her old partner hasn’t turned up for the TV variety show in Rome, Amelia, (a.k.a. “Ginger,” Giulietta Masina, wife of the director Federico Fellini) manages to be charitable when she discovers he (Marcello Mastroianni, his first scene, as Pippo, a.k.a. “Fred”) is her noisy neighbor, in Ginger And Fred, 1986.
8 1/2 -- (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Down For Good The arresting opening, a film director trapped in his car, from Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, 1963, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimee and Sandra Milo.
8 1/2 -- (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Now She'll Bring Up Her Husband Two scenes between movie director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) and his neurotic mistress Carla (Sandro Milo), hiding out at a cheap hotel, early in Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, 1963.
Juliet of the Spirits -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Anniversary Opening credits and the delightful opening sequence in which Juliet (Giuletta Masina) and maids prepare to receive her husband on their anniversary, from Federico Fellinia's Juliet of the Spirits, 1965.

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