FILM DIRECTOR

Ettore Scola

1931 - 2016

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Ettore Scola (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttore ˈskɔːla]; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ettore Scola has received more than 286,410 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Ettore Scola is the 150th most popular film director (up from 156th in 2019), the 1,040th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,035th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Film Director.

Ettore Scola is most famous for his films, "The Working Class Goes to Heaven" and "We All Loved Each Other So Much."

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ettore Scola ranks 150 out of 2,041. Before him are Vsevolod Meyerhold, Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Jonathan Demme, Frances Marion, and Louis Malle. After him are Victor Sjöström, Ed Wood, Alexander Dovzhenko, Shohei Imamura, Otto Preminger, and Roland Emmerich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Ettore Scola ranks 58. Before him are Jacques Demy, Faten Hamama, Lucia Bosè, James Earl Jones, Klaus Hasselmann, and Viktor Korchnoi. After him are Stanislav Grof, Sofia Gubaidulina, Syukuro Manabe, Ivan Rebroff, Arata Isozaki, and Richard F. Heck. Among people deceased in 2016, Ettore Scola ranks 55. Before him are Michel Galabru, Ahmed Zewail, Michèle Morgan, George Gaynes, Junko Tabei, and Viktor Korchnoi. After him are Harry Kroto, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Reinhard Selten, Patricio Aylwin, and Hilary Putnam.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ettore Scola ranks 1,040 out of 5,161. Before him are Mirella Freni (1935), Concino Concini (1575), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Andrea Gabrieli (1533), Gioffre Borgia (1481), and Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431). After him are Romuald (951), Frank Costello (1891), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), Nicola Porpora (1686), and Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Ettore Scola ranks 14. Before him are Vittorio De Sica (1901), Roberto Rossellini (1906), Frank Capra (1897), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Dario Argento (1940), and Giuseppe Tornatore (1956). After him are Sergio Corbucci (1926), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), Francesco Rosi (1922), Dino Risi (1916), Marco Bellocchio (1939), and Lina Wertmüller (1928).

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Filmography

A Special Day
Director
In Rome, fascist supporter Emanuele attends a parade commemorating Adolf Hitler's historic meeting with Italian leader Benito Mussolini, leaving his apolitical wife, Antonietta, to tend to household duties. Antonietta encounters a man, Gabriele, who appears surprisingly nonplussed by the political event. Over the course of the day, the two forge a close friendship that will forever change their perceptions of life, love and politics.
Aug 11o 19778.1 / 10
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Director
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
Dec 21o 19748.237 / 10
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Director
Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.
Sep 23o 19767.571 / 10