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Ugo Pirro

Ugo Pirro

Known for

Writing

Born

April 26, 1920

Birthplace

Salerno, Campania, Italy

Died

January 18, 2008 (aged 87)

Biography

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.

Best known work

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1970
The Working Class Goes to Heaven

The Working Class Goes to Heaven

1971
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

1970
We Still Kill the Old Way

We Still Kill the Old Way

1967
The Day of the Owl

The Day of the Owl

1968
Navajo Joe

Navajo Joe

1966
Property Is No Longer a Theft

Property Is No Longer a Theft

1973
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

1976
The Battle of Neretva

The Battle of Neretva

1969
Operation Ogre

Operation Ogre

1979

Filmography

  1. 2005

    Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker

    as Self

  2. 2004

  3. 2001

  4. 1996

    The Nymph

    Writer

  5. 1996

    Celluloide

    Novel, Screenplay, Screenstory

  6. 1995

    La famiglia RicordiTV

    Story, Writer

  7. 1994

    Law of Courage

    Screenplay

  8. 1993

  9. 1992

    Piazza di SpagnaTV

    Story, Writer

  10. 1990

  11. 1987

  12. 1987

  13. 1984

    Nucleo Zero

    Screenplay, Writer

  14. 1979

    Operation Ogre

    Screenplay

  15. 1979

  16. 1978

  17. 1977

    I Am the Law

    Screenplay

  18. 1976

  19. 1976

    The Inheritance

    Screenplay

  20. 1976

  21. 1976

  22. 1975

  23. 1974

  24. 1974

    Somewhere Beyond Love

    Screenplay, Story

  25. 1974

    Blood Brothers

    Story, Screenplay

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