Italian screenwriter and film director (1931–2016)
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Ettore Scola (Italian pronunciation:[ˈɛttoreˈskɔːla]; 10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for his film A Special Day and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 2009, Scola signed a petition in support of film director Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.[4]
Scola died in Rome on 19 January 2016 at the age of 84.[5]
^MARIAROSA MANCUSO (20 January 2016). "Ettore Scola, negro". Il Foglio (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2021. ETTORE SCOLA, NEGRO. Insomma, scrittore per conto terzi, ghostwriter, fornitore di gag, battutista a cottimo (lo fu anche Woody Allen, agli inizi). Lo voleva far scrivere sul suo biglietto da visita il giovanissimo Ettore Scola [...] Negro e felicissimo