Luigi Magni
Italian screenwriter and film director From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
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| Born | 21 March 1928 Rome, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 27 October 2013 (aged 85) Rome, Italy |
Life and career
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Born in Rome, Italy, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with Tempo di villeggiatura.[1] In 1968 he collaborated with Mario Monicelli in creating a real "event" of the Italian cinema by transforming Monica Vitti into a comedic actress with The Girl with the Pistol, and the critical and commercial success of the film pushed him into directing.[1] After the directorial debut with Faustina (which was also the debut film of Vonetta McGee), in 1969 Magni achieved an extraordinary success with Nell'anno del Signore, which was the highest-grossing Italian film of the year, so as to require for the first time in Italy nighttime screenings to meet the demands of the audience.[1][2] The film marked the encounter with Nino Manfredi, with whom Magni had a long-standing association on the set (including the screenplay of Manfredi's award-winning film Per Grazia Ricevuta) and a close friendship off the set. The film also defined Magni's style, namely a commedia all'italiana mainly centred on Rome and its history, particularly the epoch between the Papal States and the Risorgimento.[2]
In 1977 Magni achieved critical recognition with In nome del papa re, which also gave him his first David di Donatello Award.[1][3] He received a second David di Donatello in 1995, for the screenplay of Nemici d'infanzia, and a special David di Donatello Lifetime Career Award in 2008.[1][3]
In 1991 he was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.[4] After the 2003 TV movie La notte di Pasquino, a sort of sequel of Nell'anno del Signore still with Nino Manfredi as the main actor, and with the death of Manfredi in 2004, Magni retired from cinema.[1] He died in Rome, on 27 October 2013.[5]
Filmography
Screenwriter
- La cambiale (1959)
- Il corazziere (1960)
- Gli attendenti (1961)
- Il mio amico Benito (1962)
- In Italia si chiama amore (1963)
- Un tentativo sentimentale (1964)
- Le voci bianche (1964)
- Extraconiugale (1964)
- La Celestina P... R... (1964)
- Le bambole (1965)
- La Mandragola (1965)
- Madamigella di Maupin (1965)
- Le fate (1966)
- Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore (1966)
- El Greco (1966)
- La cintura di castità (1967)
- Le streghe (1967)
- Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare (1967)
- La ragazza con la pistola (1968)
- Faustina (1968)
- Nell'anno del Signore (1969)
- Scipione detto anche l'Africano (1971)
- Per grazia ricevuta (1973)
- La Tosca (1973)
- La via dei babbuini (1974)
- Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
- In nome del papa re (1977)
- Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
- State buoni se potete (1983)
- Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
- 'O Re (1989)
- In nome del popolo sovrano (1990)
- Nemici d'infanzia (1995)
- La Carbonara (2000)
Director
- Faustina (1968)
- Nell'anno del Signore (1969)
- Scipione detto anche l'Africano (1971)
- La Tosca (1973)
- La via dei babbuini (1974)
- Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
- Quelle strane occasioni (1976)
- In nome del papa re (1977)
- Signore e signori, buonanotte (1977)
- Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
- State buoni se potete (1983)
- L'addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
- Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
- Imago Urbis (1987)
- 'O Re (1989)
- In nome del popolo sovrano (1990)
- Nemici d'infanzia (1995)
- Esercizi di stile (1996)
- La Carbonara (2000)
Honours
- June 2005: Galileo Galilei Award, received at Palazzo Giustiniani in the presence of Gustavo Raffi, venerable master of the Grand Orient of Italy[6]
References
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