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Mr. Fabrizi was Italian actor best known for his performance as the lady-killer among a group of small-town youths in Federico Fellini's 'I Vitelloni'. Starting as a stage and variety revue actor in 1947, he broke into film in 1952 with Francesco De Roberti's 'Carica Eroica'. His role as a tireless philanderer became characteristic of his on-screen and off- screen persona. The actor was linked in the gossip columns of the dolce vita period to a long line of actresses and society doyennes. Though rarely cast in leading roles, Mr. Fabrizi appeared in about 150 films, usually playing superficial opportunistic sidekicks.

Menotti studied art in Bologna, semiotics in Berlin and filmmaking in New York. He published the graphic novel Europa as well as many comics and illustrations in Il Manifesto, L'Espresso, Frigidaire, Comic Art, Blue. As a screenwriter he created the TV series Zero (2021) for Netflix and Vita da Carlo (2021) for Amazon Prime Video. He wrote a number of feature films, including Blessed Madness (2018), All You Need Is Crime (2019), The Legend of the Christmas Witch 2: The Origins (2021), and They Call Me Jeeg Robot (2015), nominated for best screenplay and winner of seven David di Donatello awards in 2016.