FILM DIRECTOR

Mario Monicelli

1915 - 2010

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Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (Italian: [ˈmaːrjo moniˈtʃɛlli]; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the commedia all'italiana ("Italian-style comedy"). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Monicelli has received more than 290,706 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Mario Monicelli is the 225th most popular film director (up from 239th in 2019), the 1,386th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,413th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Film Director.

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  • 4.80

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mario Monicelli ranks 225 out of 2,041. Before him are Barry Levinson, Guy Ritchie, Robert Wiene, Nanni Moretti, Tony Richardson, and Chris Marker. After him are Chantal Akerman, Nicholas Ray, Mario Bava, Marco Ferreri, Arthur Penn, and Věra Chytilová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Mario Monicelli ranks 46. Before him are Franz Josef Strauss, Mario Del Monaco, Robert A. Dahl, Laurent Schwartz, Rashid Behbudov, and Denis Thatcher. After him are Modibo Keïta, Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Terence Young, Kaoru Ishikawa, Marie-Louise von Franz, and Peter Medawar. Among people deceased in 2010, Mario Monicelli ranks 48. Before him are Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Enzo Bearzot, Blake Edwards, John Fenn, Francisco Varallo, and Paul Schäfer. After him are Arthur Penn, Juliet Anderson, Ryszard Kaczorowski, Joan Sutherland, Antony Flew, and Anton Geesink.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mario Monicelli ranks 1,386 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Boldini (1842), Matthias Gallas (1584), Massimo Moratti (1945), Angelo Scola (1941), Jacopo de' Barbari (1460), and Gabriele Ferzetti (1925). After him are Carlo M. Cipolla (1922), Niccolò Jommelli (1714), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1835), Melozzo da Forlì (1438), and Leonardo Leo (1694).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Mario Monicelli ranks 24. Before him are Dino Risi (1916), Marco Bellocchio (1939), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Joe D'Amato (1936), Liliana Cavani (1933), and Nanni Moretti (1953). After him are Mario Bava (1914), Marco Ferreri (1928), Ruggero Deodato (1939), Lucio Fulci (1927), Damiano Damiani (1922), and Ermanno Olmi (1931).

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Filmography

My Friends
Director
Four middle-aged friends in Florence organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life.
Oct 24o 19758.127 / 10
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Director
Best friends Peppe and Mario are thieves, but they're not very good at it. Still, Peppe thinks that he's finally devised a master heist that will make them rich. With the help of some fellow criminals, he plans to dig a tunnel from a rented apartment to the pawnshop next door, where they can rob the safe. But his plan is far from foolproof, and the fact that no one in the group has any experience digging tunnels proves to be the least of their problems.
Jul 26o 19588.097 / 10
The Marquis of Grillo
Director
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
Dec 23o 19817.8 / 10