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Tonino Guerra (1920–2012)

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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Filmography

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2009 Everybody's Fine (original screenplay)
 
2008 Tonino Guerra: A Poet in the Movies (documentary) (scenario)
 
2006 Um Ano Mais Longo (short)
 
2004 Eros (screenplay / segment "The Dangerous Thread of Things")
 
2003 The Dog, the General, and the Birds (book / screenplay)
 
2001 The Chimp
 
2000 Bibo per sempre (screenplay / story)
 
1998 Viaggio verso casa (TV documentary)
 
1997 Porto Santo
 
1997 The Truce
 
1997 Tayna Marchello
 
1996 Alla turca (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1996 White Feast (screenplay / story "Hundred Birds")
 
1995 Ulysses' Gaze
 
1993 Golem, le jardin pétrifié (writer)
 
1990 Viaggio d'amore (screenplay / story)
 
1990 Night Sun
 
1990 Dark Illness
 
1990 Dimenticare Palermo (screenplay)
 
1989 Burro (screenplay / story)
 
1988 Il frullo del passero (writer)
 
1986 O melissokomos
 
1986 Ginger and Fred (screenplay / story)
 
1986 Il mestiere dello sceneggiatore (documentary short)
 
1984 Kaos
 
1984 Henry IV (screenplay collaboration)
 
1984 Carmen (adaptation)
 
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 (writer)
 
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 Descubrimiento del mayor túnel submarino (documentary short) (story / as Antonio Guerra)
 
1971 La supertestimone (original screenplay)
 
1971 Tre nel mille
 
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 Colpo di sole (writer)
 
1968 Catch As Catch Can (writer)
 
1967 More Than a Miracle (story and screenplay)
 
1967 L'occhio selvaggio (screenplay)
 
1966 Blow-Up (screenplay)
 
1966 The Queens (story / segment "Fata Armenia")
 
1965 The 10th Victim
 
1965 Le ore nude
 
1965 Casanova 70 (story and screenplay)
 
1964 Saul e David
 
1964 Marriage Italian Style (screenplay)
 
1964 Red Desert
 
1964 I maniaci
 
1964 Countersex (segment "Donna d'affari, Una")
 
1963 Perseo l'invincibile ( - uncredited in Spanish version)
 
1962 L'eclisse (scenario and dialogue)
 
1961 The Assassin (screenplay / as Antonio Guerra / story / as Antonio Guerra)
 
1961 La notte (screenplay / story)
 
1960 L'Avventura (screenplay)
 
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)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2012 Tonino Guerra: Il Cinema è una presenza (short)
(Himself)
 
1991 Naissance d'un Golem (uncredited)
 
1971 Er più: storia d'amore e di coltello (as Antonio Guerra)
 
1959 Piece of the Sky (assistant director)
 
1957 Men and Wolves (assistant director)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1983 Voyage in Time (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1976 Fellini's Casanova (poet: "La Grande Mouna")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2002 Between Strangers (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
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
 
2005 Elio Petri... appunti su un autore (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth (documentary short)
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 (2 titles)
2012 Días de cine (TV series)
 
1987 Moskovskaya elegiya (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

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).

Publicity Listings:

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Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Antonio Guerra
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Trivia:

Father of composer Andrea Guerra. See more »

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