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Tonino Guerra (1920–2012)

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Legendary Italian screenwriter was born Antonio Guerra on the 16th of March 1920 in Sant'Arcangelo, Italy, south of Ravenna. He wrote several short stories, poetry and novels and in 1956 his first screenplay "Man and Wolves" (co-written by Elio Petri) was directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Three years later he wrote the masterpiece... See full bio »

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in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

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(age 92) in Santarcangelo di Romagna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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2010 The House by the Medlar Tree (collaborator on screenplay)
 
2009 Everybody's Fine (original screenplay)
 
2008 The Dust of Time
 
2008 Tonino Guerra: A Poet in the Movies (documentary) (scenario)
 
2006 Um Ano Mais Longo (short)
 
2005 Bab'Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul (collaboration)
 
2004 Eros (screenplay / segment "The Dangerous Thread of Things")
 
2004 Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow
 
2003 The Dog, the General, and the Birds (book / screenplay)
 
2001 The Chimp
 
2000 Bibo per sempre (screenplay / story)
 
2000 Tierra del fuego
 
1998 Viaggio verso casa (TV documentary)
 
1998 Eternity and a Day
 
1997 Porto Santo
 
1997 The Truce
 
1997 Tayna Marchello
 
1996 Alla turca (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1996 White Feast (screenplay / story "Hundred Birds")
 
1995 Beyond the Clouds
 
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
 
1993 Golem, le jardin pétrifié (writer)
 
1991 Especially on Sunday
 
1991 To meteoro vima tou pelargou
 
1990 Viaggio d'amore (screenplay / story)
 
1990 Everybody's Fine
 
1990 Night Sun
 
1990 Dark Illness
 
1990 Dimenticare Palermo (screenplay)
 
1989 Burro (screenplay / story)
 
1988 Landscape in the Mist
 
1988 Il frullo del passero (writer)
 
1987 Good Morning, Babylon
 
1987 Chronicle of a Death Foretold
 
1986 O melissokomos
 
1986 Ginger and Fred (screenplay / story)
 
1986 Il mestiere dello sceneggiatore (documentary short)
 
1984 Kaos
 
1984 Henry IV (screenplay collaboration)
 
1984 Voyage to Cythera
 
1984 Carmen (adaptation)
 
1984 Andrei Tarkovsky
 
1983 And the Ship Sails On (writer)
 
1983 Nostalghia (screenplay)
 
1983 Voyage in Time (TV documentary)
 
1982 The Night of the Shooting Stars (collaboration)
 
1982 Identification of a Woman (scenario collaborator)
 
1981 The Mystery of Oberwald (adaptation)
 
1981 Three Brothers (story and screenplay)
 
1979 Tigers in Lipstick (writer)
 
1979 Christ Stopped at Eboli (screenplay)
 
1978 Un papillon sur l'épaule (scenario written by)
 
1976 Caro Michele
 
1976 Cadaveri eccellenti (screenplay)
 
1976 Sex with a Smile (screenplay / story)
 
1974 Say It with Flowers (dialogue)
 
1973 Amarcord (screenplay / story)
 
1973 Andy Warhol's Frankenstein (uncredited)
 
1973 Lucky Luciano (writer)
 
1972 The Sin (screenplay / story)
 
1972 Il caso Mattei (screenplay / story)
 
1972 Gli ordini sono ordini
 
1972 Descubrimiento del mayor túnel submarino (documentary short) (story / as Antonio Guerra)
 
1971 La supertestimone (original screenplay)
 
1971 Tre nel mille
 
1970-1971 Qualcuno bussa alla porta (TV series)
– La quarta sedia (1971) (teleplay)
– La vedova (1971) (teleplay)
– Il cannocchiale (1971) (teleplay)
– Una sera qualsiasi (1970) (teleplay)
– Il pacco (1970) (teleplay)
 
1970 The Voyeur
 
1970 Many Wars Ago
 
1970 Sunflower (story and screenplay / as Antonio Guerra)
 
1970 Zabriskie Point (screenplay)
 
1969 In Search of Gregory (writer)
 
1969 The Uninvited (writer)
 
1968 A Place for Lovers (screenplay)
 
1968 Dismissed on His Wedding Night (writer)
 
1968 Un tranquillo posto di campagna (story)
 
1968 Colpo di sole (writer)
 
1968 Catch As Catch Can (writer)
 
1967 Ghosts - Italian Style
 
1967 More Than a Miracle (story and screenplay)
 
1967 L'occhio selvaggio (screenplay)
 
1966 Blow-Up (screenplay)
 
1966 Cifrato speciale
 
1966 The Queens (story / segment "Fata Armenia")
 
1965 The 10th Victim (screenplay)
 
1965 I grandi condottieri
 
1965 Casanova 70 (story and screenplay)
 
1964 Saul e David
 
1964 Woman Is a Wonderful Thing
 
1964 Marriage Italian Style (screenplay)
 
1964 Red Desert
 
1964 I maniaci
 
1964 Le ore nude
 
1964 Countersex (segment "Donna d'affari, Una")
 
1963 The Empty Canvas
 
1963 Perseo l'invincibile ( - uncredited in Spanish version)
 
1962 L'eclisse (scenario and dialogue)
 
1962 I giorni contati (screenplay collaboration / story)
 
1961 The Assassin (screenplay / as Antonio Guerra / story / as Antonio Guerra)
 
1961 La Notte (screenplay / story)
 
1960 Little Girls and High Finance
 
1960 Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (story)
 
1960 L'avventura (screenplay)
 
1960 La garçonnière
 
1959 Piece of the Sky (screenplay / as Antonio Guerra)
 
1958 The Year Long Road (writer)
 
1958 Il terribile Teodoro (writer)
 
1957 Men and Wolves (screenplay / story)
 
1954 Nasce un campione (documentary short) (written by / as Antonio Guerra)
 
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2012 Tonino Guerra: Il Cinema è una presenza (short)
(Himself)
 
2003 The Dog, the General, and the Birds
Il generale (voice)
 
1991 Naissance d'un Golem (uncredited)
 
1971 Er più: storia d'amore e di coltello (as Antonio Guerra)
 
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1976 Fellini's Casanova (poet: "La Grande Mouna")
 
1970 Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (documentary) (support - as Antonio Guerra)
 
1959 Piece of the Sky (assistant director)
 
1957 Men and Wolves (assistant director)
 
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1983 Voyage in Time (TV documentary)
 
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2002 Between Strangers (thanks)
 
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2013 Tarkovsky: Time Within Time (documentary) (filming)
Himself
 
2011 Giovanna Cau - Diversamente Giovane (documentary)
(Himself)
 
2010 Favole in verde (TV series documentary)
Himself
– La valle dell'amarcord (2010) … Himself
 
2009 Autumn of the Magician (documentary)
(Himself)
 
2008 Tonino Guerra: A Poet in the Movies (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Un lugar en el cine (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Tale of an Artist's Brush (documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Elio Petri... appunti su un autore (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Viaggio verso casa (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Dear Antonioni (1997) … Himself
 
1995 To Make a Film Is to Be Alive (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Parajanov. The Last Collage (documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Voyage in Time (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1975 E il Casanova di Fellini? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1974 Diario segreto di Amarcord (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1966 Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2013 The 85th Oscars (TV special)
Himself - Writer (In Memoriam)
 
2012 Días de cine (TV series)
 
1987 Moskovskaya elegiya (documentary)
Himself
 

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Other Works:

(2003) Wrote a children's book: "Il generale e Buonaparte", which he later adapted for the big screen (Francis Nielsen's "Le chien, le général et les oiseaux" (2003).

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He was the guest of the seventh Angers Film Festival from 20th to 29th January 1995. See more »

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