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Sergio Amidei

Known for

Writing

Born

October 30, 1904

Birthplace

Trieste, Italy

Died

April 14, 1981 (aged 76)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's neorealist movement.

Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: in 1946 for Rome, Open City, in 1947 for Shoeshine, in 1949 for Paisà and in 1961 for Il generale della Rovere.

He died in Rome.

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Best known work

Rome, Open City

Rome, Open City

1945
Germany, Year Zero

Germany, Year Zero

1948
Paisan

Paisan

1946
Shoeshine

Shoeshine

1946
An Average Little Man

An Average Little Man

1977
Stromboli

Stromboli

1950
Be Sick… It's Free

Be Sick… It's Free

1968
General Della Rovere

General Della Rovere

1959
Why

Why

1971
Medicine Italian Style

Medicine Italian Style

1969

Filmography

  1. 1996

    Rossellini, un Prométhée franciscain

    as Self - screenwriter

  2. 1982

  3. 1981

  4. 1978

  5. 1977

  6. 1973

  7. 1972

  8. 1972

  9. 1971

    Why

    Screenplay

  10. 1970

  11. 1969

    Medicine Italian Style

    Story, Screenplay

  12. 1968

  13. 1968

    Sunstroke

    Writer

  14. 1967

  15. 1967

  16. 1966

  17. 1966

  18. 1966

    Smoke Over London

    Screenplay, Story

  19. 1965

    La Fuga

    Screenplay

  20. 1964

  21. 1964

  22. 1963

  23. 1962

  24. 1962

  25. 1962

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