Ennio De Concini
Writing
Born December 9, 1923 · Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died November 17, 2008
Also known as De Concini · Ennio De' Concini · E. Deconcini
Biography
Ennio De Concini (9 December 1923, Rome – 17 November 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and film director, winning the Academy Award in 1962 for the "Best Original Screenplay" for Divorce Italian Style. He was the co-screenwriter of The Red Tent a 1969 film starring Sean Connery which was based on Umberto Nobile's disastrous 1928 expedition to the North Pole in the airship Italia. Among the 60 films to his credit are The Twist (1976), Four of the Apocalypse (1975), Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973), Battle of the Worlds (1961), Black Sunday (1960), Long Night in 1943 (1960), Il Grido (1957), War and Peace (1956), and Mambo (1954). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ennio de Concini, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1963
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1963 · nominated
Filmography38 titles
Divorce Italian Style
The Railroad Man
Il Grido
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Pigeon Shoot
Black Sunday
The Facts of Murder
Guns for San Sebastian
The Evil Eye
War and Peace
Ulysses
Four of the Apocalypse
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Joseph and His Brethren
The Red Tent
The Dirty Game
The Colossus of Rhodes
Quo Vadis?
Copkiller
Devil in the Flesh
Salon Kitty
Duel of Champions
Messalina
China 9, Liberty 37
Constantine and the Cross
Esther and the King
The Giant of Marathon
A Place for Lovers
The Giants of Thessaly
Hercules Unchained
Hercules
Just a Gigolo
Colossus and the Amazon Queen
The Witch's Curse
Battle of the Worlds
The Last Romantic Lover
Marco Polo
Assignment: Outer Space