Mario Monicelli
Mario Monicelli (May 15, 1915 in Rome, Italy — 29 November 2010, Rome, Italy) was an Italian movie director famous for his comedy movies of the 1940—1960s. He was twice nominated for an Oscar award. One of his movies, The Great War (1959), won a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In 1991 the Venice Film Festival gave him a lifetime achievement award.
Suffering from terminal prostate cancer, Monicelli jumped to his death from a fifth floor hospital window in Rome. He was 95 years old.
Movies
- The Boys of Paul Street (1935)
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
- The Great War (1959)
- I Compagni (1963)
- Casonova 70 (1965)
References
- ↑ "Mario Monicelli - Telegraph". telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Oscar-nominated director Mario Monicelli dies - Yahoo! News". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 1 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Monicelli's dramatic last scene | Presseurop – English". presseurop.eu. Archived from the original on 2 December 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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