Suso Cecchi D'amico

Screenwriter

About

Also Known As

Giovanna Cecchi, Suso D'Amico

Birth Place

Roma, IT

Born

July 21, 1914

Died

July 31, 2010

Biography

Leading scenarist who has worked with nearly every major post-war Italian director; usually writes in collaboration....

Filmography

Marcello: A Sweet Life (2006)

Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

Based On "I Soliti Ignoti"

Il Cielo Cade (2000)

Screenplay

My Voyage to Italy (1999)

Screenplay

Bruno Aspetta in Macchina (1996)

From Story

Facciamo Paradiso (1995)

Screenplay

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Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) This Isn't A Pizzeria

Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Ricci

Family & Companions

Fedele D'Amico

Husband

Musicologist.

Biography

Leading scenarist who has worked with nearly every major post-war Italian director; usually writes in collaboration.

Filmography

Life Events

1946

Worked in first film as co-screenwriter, "Mio figlio professore"

1948

Landed a high-profile job, co-writing the script for Vittorio De Sica's "Bicycle Thieves"

1951

Made first collaboration with filmmaker Luchino Visconti, "Belissima"

1953

Wrote the screenplay for Visconti's "Of Life and Love"

1954

Co-wrote "Senso" with Visconti

1960

Collaborated once again with Visconti in "Rocco and His Brothers"

1963

Co-wrote the adapted screenplay of "The Leopard," starring Burt Lancaster and Alain Delon

1965

Co-wrote "Casanova 70"; nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen

1967

Co-wrote the screenplay of William Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" with Franco Zeffirelli and Paul Dehn; film starred Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

1967

Co-wrote feature film adaptation of Albert Camus' "Lo straniero" ("The Stranger"), directed by Visconti

1994

Received the Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival

1999

Co-wrote the Martin Scorsese-directed documentary, "My Voyage to Italy"

Videos

Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) This Isn't A Pizzeria Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) decides he and Bruno (Enzo Staiola) deserve a break, expressing confidence he'll get his bike and his job back, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.

Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Ricci Opening sequence and news of a job for Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani), from Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist landmark, cast entirely with non-professional actors, Bicycle Thieves, 1948, from a novel by Luigi Bartolini.

Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Three Doubles Three Singles Maria (Lianella Carell) figures out how to get the bicycle out of hock, rescuing Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) from his misery, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.

Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You Look Like A Cop! Young Bruno (Enzo Staiola), Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) and Maria (Lianella Carell) prepare for the first day on the new job, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.

Bicycle Thieves (1948) -- (Movie Clip) A Boy Is Drowning! Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) takes out his frustration on Bruno (Enzo Staiola) as they chase the old man who knows the thief, in Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves, 1948.

Taming Of The Shrew, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) A Husband For The Elder Bianca (Natasha Pyne) pursued home by Lucentio (Michael York), her father (Michael Hordern) fending off suitors and the first appearance of her sister Katherina (Elizabeth Taylor), in Franco Zeffirelli's first film, set in Shakespeare's mythical Padua, The Taming Of The Shrew, 1967.

Taming Of The Shrew, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) No Man But Me Katherina (Elizabeth Taylor) rolls in the wool, thinking she's escaped Petruchio (Richard Burton), who then begins their lengthy fight, in Franco Zeffirelli's rowdy The Taming Of The Shrew, 1967, from the Shakespeare play.

Rocco And His Brothers (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Teeth Like A Wolf Weeks into their impoverished residence in Milan, southern Italian Rocco (Alain Delon) watches as his brother Simone (Renato Salvatori) gets some attention from a boxing promoter (Paolo Stoppa), about whom they perhaps should be suspicious, in Luchino Visconti's Rocco And His Brothers, 1960.

Rocco And His Brothers (1960) -- (Movie Clip) There's Work For Everybody! Arriving in Milan from Lucania in the south, widow Signora Parondi (Katina Paxinou) leads her brood (Spiros Focas, Max Cartier, Renato Salvatori, young Rocco Vidolazzi, and Alain Delon as "Rocco"), who see snow for the first time, in Luchino Visconti's Rocco And His Brothers, 1960.

Rocco And His Brothers (1960) -- (Movie Clip) If A Real Man Wants A Woman On the snow day in Milan, eldest brother Vincenzo (Spiros Focas) grabs the chance to visit with almost-ex girlfriend Ginetta (Claudia Cardinale), their families since his poor relations arrived from the south, in Luchino Visconti's Rocco And His Brothers, 1960.

Rocco And His Brothers (1960) -- (Movie Clip) It's Like Daylight Director Luchino Visconti's family Parondi arrives from "Lucania" in the south, at Milan, Katina Paxinou the widowed mother, Renato Salvatori as Simone, Alain Delon as Rocco, Max Cartier as Ciro, Rocco Vidolazzi as young Luca, camera by Giuseppe Rotunno, opening Rocco And His Brothers, 1960.

Rocco And His Brothers (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Northern Skin Simone, Rocco, Ciro and Luca (Renato Salvatori, Alain Delon, Max Cartier, Rocco Vidolazzi) haven't realized that Nadia (Annie Girardot), given shelter by Vincenzo (Spiros Focas) is likely a working girl, their mom (Katina Paxinou) more savvy, in Luchino Visconti's Rocco And His Brothers, 1960.

Bicycle Thief, The - (Re-release trailer) A working man's livelihood is threatened when someone steals his bicycle in one of the great classics of world cinema, The Bicycle Thief (1948).

Family

Emilio Cecchi

Father

Novelist.

Silvia D'Amico Bendico

Daughter

Producer.

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Fedele D'Amico

Husband

Musicologist.

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1946

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1951

1953

1954

1960

1963

1965

1967

1967

1994

1999

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