Furio Scarpelli
Screenwriter, Film story contributor
1919 – 2010
Who was Furio Scarpelli?
Furio Scarpelli, also called Scarpelli, was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous Commedia all'italiana films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli.
He was the son of journalist Filiberto Scarpelli. During his childhood he devoted himself to writing and drawing. During World War II, he started to work as an illustrator for satire magazines, together with Federico Fellini and Ettore Scola, and he met Agenore Incrocci, best known as Age.
Furio was born and died in Rome, Italy.
In 1949, he started his famous collaboration with Age as the duo Age & Scarpelli, writing some of the first Totò successes until 1952.
Together with Age, he worked on a total of 120 Italian movies. These include some of the most famous of all, such as Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti. After closing his relationship with Age, he wrote several movies with Ettore Scola, and the first works of directors such as Francesca Archibugi and Paolo Virzì. His third Nomination to Oscar was for Il postino, written with his son Giacomo. He also taught at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Posthumous the film Tormenti, from his graphic novel.
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- Born
- Dec 16, 1919
Rome - Also known as
- Scarpelli
- Parents
- Spouses
( - 2010/04/28)
- Children
- Nationality
- Italy
- Kingdom of Italy
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- Lived in
- Rome
- Died
- Apr 28, 2010
Rome
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on July 23, 2013
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