Luigi Magni
Born: 1928-03-21 in Roma
Died: 2013-10-27
Known For: Directing
Biography
Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in Rome , Italy, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with Tempo di villeggiatura. In 1968 he collaborated with Mario Monicelli in creating a real "event" of the Italian cinema by transforming Monica Vitti into a comedic actress with The Girl with the Pistol , and the critical and commercial success of the film pushed him into directing. After the directorial debut with Faustina (which was also the debut film of Vonetta McGee ), in 1969 Magni achieved an extraordinary success with Nell'anno del Signore , which was the highest-grossing Italian film of the year, so as to require for the first time in Italy nighttime screenings to meet the demands of the audience. The film marked the encounter with Nino Manfredi , with whom Magni had a long-standing association on the set (including the screenplay of Manfredi's award-winning film Per Grazia Ricevuta ) and a close friendship off the set. The film also defined Magni's style, namely a commedia all'italiana mainly centered on Rome and its history, particularly the epoch between the Papal States and the Risorgimento.
Filmography
2006
- Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things as Self
- Marcello, una vita dolce as Self
2003
- La notte di Pasquino ... (Director)
2000
- La carbonara ... (Director)
1996
- Esercizi di stile ... (Director)
1995
- Nemici d'infanzia ... (Director)
- Rome, November 12, 1994 ... (Director)
1990
- In nome del popolo sovrano ... (Director)
1989
- 'o Re ... (Director)
- Cinema ... (Screenplay)
- I 7 Re di Roma ... (Writer)
1988
- According to Pontius Pilate ... (Director)
1985
- Cinecittà Cinecittà as Director #1
1984
- Sabatoventiquattromarzo ... (Director)
- Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer as Self
1983
- State buoni se potete ... (Director)
- Un'avventura a Campo de' Fiori ... (Teleplay)
1980
- Arrivano i bersaglieri ... (Director)
1977
- In the Name of the Pope King ... (Director)
1976
- Strange Occasion ... (Director)
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen ... (Director)
- Keep It To Yourself! ... (Director)
1974
- The Way of the Baboons ... (Director)
1973
- La Tosca ... (Director)
1971
- Between Miracles ... (Story)
- Scipio the African ... (Story)
1969
- The Conspirators ... (Director)
1968
- Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare ... (Screenplay)
- The Girl with a Pistol ... (Screenplay)
- Faustina ... (Screenplay)
1967
- The Witches ... (Screenplay)
- On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who... ... (Writer)
1966
- The Queens ... (Screenplay)
- Mademoiselle de Maupin ... (Screenplay)
- El Greco ... (Writer)
- Make Love, Not War ... (Screenplay)
1965
- The Dolls ... (Screenplay)
- The Mandrake ... (Screenplay)
- La Celestina P… R… ... (Screenplay)
1964
- White Voices ... (Story)
- Three Nights of Love ... (Story)
- Extraconiugale ... (Screenplay)
1963
- A Sentimental Attempt ... (Screenplay)
- In Italia si chiama amore ... (Writer)
1962
- Il mio amico Benito ... (Screenplay)
1961
- The Orderly ... (Screenplay)
1960
- Il corazziere ... (Screenplay)
1959
- La cambiale ... (Screenplay)
1956
- Time of Vacation ... (Story)