Mario Monicelli
Directing Born May 16, 1915 Died Nov 29, 2010 Rome, Italy 242 credits
Biography
Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter recognized as a master of the Commedia all'Italiana style of comedy. He was born on May 16, 1915. Sources note his place of birth as Rome, Italy, while other sources indicate he was born in Viareggio. He was credited with 150 known credits in directing. His death occurred on November 29, 2010, at the age of 95. Throughout his career, he worked extensively in film and television as a director and screenwriter. His professional legacy is associated with Italian comedy filmmaking, marking him as a significant figure in the genre.
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Career overview
Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter who was born in Rome, Italy, on May 16, 1915, and passed away on November 29, 2010. Recognized as one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana, or comedy Italian style, he established himself as a prominent figure in Italian cinema. Throughout his career, Monicelli accumulated 150 known credits primarily focused on directing.
As a key representative of Italian comedy, Monicelli's professional life spanned decades of filmmaking and screenwriting. His contributions to the film industry are well documented through his extensive body of work and his widely recognized status as a director and screenwriter.
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Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
Opera Prima
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
Noi c'eravamoVoi siete quiMaestro di che!
Qui finisce l'ItaliaVittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatorePortrait Of My FatherThe New Brancaleone's Army · DirectorThe New Brancaleone's Army · Writer
What Do You Know About MeVittorio D.Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
Next to the Colosseum there’s MontiNext to the Colosseum there’s Monti · Director
THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMSSoloMetro
The Roses of the Desert · DirectorThe Roses of the Desert · StoryThe Roses of the Desert · ScreenplayMarcello, una vita dolceAdolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds
Mario Bava: Operazione pauraI nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
Under the Tuscan SunLetters from Palestine · Director
Welcome to Collinwood · Original Film WriterOn the Tiger's Back · Original Film WriterThe Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops · Director
Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie · Creator
Come quando fuori piove · DirectorCome quando fuori piove · ScreenplayCome quando fuori piove · Creator
Dirty Linen · DirectorDirty Linen · StoryDirty Linen · Screenplay
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
The CycloneEsercizi di stile · DirectorEsercizi di stile · Screenplay
Looking for Paradise · DirectorLooking for Paradise · Screenplay
Dear Goddamned Friends · DirectorDear Goddamned Friends · ScreenplayThe True Life of Antonio H.A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino RotaA Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota · Writer
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations · DirectorDearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations · Screenplay
Rossini! Rossini! · ScreenplayRossini! Rossini! · DirectorRossini! Rossini! · Story
Dark Illness · Director
12 Directors for 12 Cities · DirectorLa moglie ingenua e il marito malato · Director
I picari · DirectorI picari · StoryI picari · Screenplay
Let's Hope It's a Girl · DirectorLet's Hope It's a Girl · Screenplay
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later · Executive ProducerThe 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal · DirectorThe 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal · StoryThe 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal · Screenplay
Full Filmography
242 titles- Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Opera Prima (2021) as Self
- Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019) as Self - Réalisateur (archive footage)
- Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit (2017) as Self (archive footage)
- Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant (2015) as Self
- Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth (2014) as Self
- Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Noi c'eravamo (2011) as Self
- Voi siete qui (2011) as Self
- Maestro di che! (2011) as Self
- Qui finisce l'Italia (2010)
- Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore (2010) as Self
- Portrait Of My Father (2010) as Self
- The New Brancaleone's Army (2010) Director
- The New Brancaleone's Army (2010) Writer
- L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo (2010) as Self
- Bandiera Viola (2010) as Self
- What Do You Know About Me (2009) as Self
- Vittorio D. (2009) as Self
- Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso (2009)
- Next to the Colosseum there’s Monti (2008) as Himself
- Next to the Colosseum there’s Monti (2008) Director
- THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS (2007) as Mario Monicelli
- SoloMetro (2007) as Anziano in metropolitana
- The Roses of the Desert (2006) Director
- The Roses of the Desert (2006) Story
- The Roses of the Desert (2006) Screenplay
- Marcello, una vita dolce (2006) as Self
- Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds (2006) as Self
- Mario Bava: Operazione paura (2004) as Self
- I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto (2004) as Self
- Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) as Old Man with Flowers
- Letters from Palestine (2003) Director
- Welcome to Collinwood (2002) Original Film Writer
- On the Tiger's Back (2002) Original Film Writer
- The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops (2002) Director
- Monte-Carlo Film Festival de la Comédie (2001) Creator
- Come quando fuori piove (2000) Director
- Come quando fuori piove (2000) Screenplay
- Come quando fuori piove (2000) Creator
- Dirty Linen (1999) Director
- Dirty Linen (1999) Story
- Dirty Linen (1999) Screenplay
- The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth (1997) as Self
- The Cyclone (1996) as Gino (voice)
- Esercizi di stile (1996) Director
- Esercizi di stile (1996) Screenplay
- Looking for Paradise (1995) Director
- Looking for Paradise (1995) Screenplay
- Dear Goddamned Friends (1994) Director
- Dear Goddamned Friends (1994) Screenplay
- The True Life of Antonio H. (1994) as Self
- A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota (1994) as Self
- A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota (1994) Writer
- A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota (1994) Director
- Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992) Director
- Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992) Screenplay
- Rossini! Rossini! (1991) Screenplay
- Rossini! Rossini! (1991) Director
- Rossini! Rossini! (1991) Story
- Dark Illness (1990) Director
- 12 Directors for 12 Cities (1989) Director
- La moglie ingenua e il marito malato (1989) Director
- I picari (1987) Director
- I picari (1987) Story
- I picari (1987) Screenplay
- Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) Director
- Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986) Screenplay
- Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later (1985) Executive Producer
- The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) Director
- The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) Story
- The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985) Screenplay
- Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno (1984) Director
- Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno (1984) Screenplay
- Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno (1984) Story
- My Friends Act II (1982) Director
- My Friends Act II (1982) Story
- My Friends Act II (1982) Screenplay
- The Marquis of Grillo (1981) Director
- The Marquis of Grillo (1981) Screenplay
- The Marquis of Grillo (1981) Story
- Hotel Room (1981) Screenplay
- Hotel Room (1981) Director
- Hotel Room (1981) Story
- I'm Photogenic (1980) as Mario Monicelli (uncredited)
- Hurricane Rosie (1980) Director
- Hurricane Rosie (1980) Screenplay
- Hurricane Rosie (1980) Story
- Lovers and Liars (1979) Screenplay
- Lovers and Liars (1979) Director
- Rue du Pied de Grue (1979) as Touchatout
- The Cinema Machine (1979)
- Ciné regards (1978) as Self
- The New Monsters (1977) Director
- An Average Little Man (1977) Director
- An Average Little Man (1977) Screenplay
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) Director
- Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) Story
- Babau (1976)
- Dear Michele (1976) Director
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- My Friends (1975) Director
- Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974) Director
- Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974) Screenplay
- Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974) Story
- We Want the Colonels (1973) Screenplay
- We Want the Colonels (1973) Director
- We Want the Colonels (1973) Story
- Lady Liberty (1971) Screenplay
- Lady Liberty (1971) Director
- Lady Liberty (1971) Dialogue
- The Couples (1970) Director
- Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970) Director
- Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970) Story
- Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970) Screenplay
- Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969) Screenplay
- Oh, Grandmother's Dead (1969) Director
- The Girl with a Pistol (1968) Director
- Caprice Italian Style (1968) Director
- For Love and Gold (1966) Screenplay
- For Love and Gold (1966) Director
- For Love and Gold (1966) Story
- The Queens (1966) Director
- Our Husbands (1966) Story
- Our Husbands (1966) Screenplay
- Casanova '70 (1965) Screenplay
- Casanova '70 (1965) Director
- Casanova '70 (1965) Story
- High Infidelity (1964) Director
- Summer Frenzy (1964) Screenplay
- The Organizer (1963) Director
- The Organizer (1963) Screenplay
- The Organizer (1963) Story
- Boccaccio '70 (1962) Director
- Boccaccio '70 (1962) Screenplay
- On the Tiger's Back (1961) Screenplay
- On the Tiger's Back (1961) Story
- The Passionate Thief (1960) Screenplay
- The Passionate Thief (1960) Story
- The Passionate Thief (1960) Director
- The Great War (1959) Director
- The Great War (1959) Screenplay
- The Great War (1959) Story
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Screenplay
- Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) Director
- Angel in a Taxi (1958) Screenplay
- Fathers and Sons (1957) Story
- Fathers and Sons (1957) Director
- Fathers and Sons (1957) Screenplay
- Doctor and the Healer (1957) Director
- Doctor and the Healer (1957) Co-Writer
- Donatella (1956) Screenplay
- Donatella (1956) Director
- Beautiful But Dangerous (1955) Screenplay
- A Hero of Our Times (1955) Screenplay
- A Hero of Our Times (1955) Director
- Toto and Carolina (1955) Director
- Toto and Carolina (1955) Screenplay
- Forbidden (1955) Director
- Forbidden (1955) Screenplay
- Violenza sul lago (1954) Screenplay
- Fatal Desire (1954) Writer
- Guai ai vinti (1954) Screenplay
- The Unfaithfuls (1953) Director
- The Unfaithfuls (1953) Screenplay
- Neapolitan Turk (1953) Adaptation
- Neapolitan Turk (1953) Screenplay
- Giuseppe Verdi (1953) Screenplay
- Perdonami! (1953) Screenplay
- Funniest Show on Earth (1953) Screenplay
- Funniest Show on Earth (1953) Story
- Toto and the Women (1952) Director
- Toto and the Women (1952) Screenplay
- Appointment for Murder (1952) Story
- Appointment for Murder (1952) Screenplay
- Toto and the Kings of Rome (1952) Director
- Toto and the Kings of Rome (1952) Screenplay
- The Lucky Five (1952) Screenplay
- Totó in color (1952) Screenplay
- Vendetta... sarda (1952) Screenplay
- Vendetta... sarda (1952) Story
- Dogs and Cats (1952) Screenplay
- È l'amor che mi rovina (1951) Screenplay
- Double Cross (1951) Screenplay
- Double Cross (1951) Story
- Damn the Taxes!! (1951) Screenplay
- Damn the Taxes!! (1951) Writer
- Cops and Robbers (1951) Director
- Cops and Robbers (1951) Screenplay
- Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951) Story
- Tizio, Caio, Sempronio (1951) Screenplay
- O.K. Nero (1951) Story
- O.K. Nero (1951) Screenplay
- Napoleone (1951) Screenplay
- Napoleone (1951) Story
- Outlaw Girl (1950) Story
- L'inafferrabile 12 (1950) Screenplay
- I'm in the Revue (1950) Writer
- Her Favourite Husband (1950) Screenplay
- A Dog’s Life (1950) Director
- A Dog’s Life (1950) Story
- A Dog’s Life (1950) Screenplay
- The Knight is Here (1950) Director
- The Knight is Here (1950) Screenplay
- Soho Conspiracy (1950) Original Story
- Come scopersi l'America (1949) Writer
- Totò Looking for a House (1949) Director
- Totò Looking for a House (1949) Story
- Totò Looking for a House (1949) Screenplay
- In the Name of the Law (1949) Screenplay
- Fame and the Devil (1949) Screenplay
- Fame and the Devil (1949) Director
- Lure of the Sila (1949) Screenplay
- Lure of the Sila (1949) Story
- The Iron Swordsman (1949) Writer
- Lost Youth (1948) Screenplay
- The Mysterious Rider (1948) Screenplay
- The Mysterious Rider (1948) Story
- Les Misérables (1948) Screenplay
- Mad About Opera (1948) Story
- Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris (1948) Screenplay
- L'eroe della strada (1948) Screenplay
- L'eroe della strada (1948) Story
- The Captain's Daughter (1947) Screenplay
- The Opium Den (1947) Screenplay
- Lo sciopero dei milioni (1947) Writer
- How I Lost the War (1947) Screenplay
- Furia (1947) Assistant Director
- L'angelo e il diavolo (1946) Screenplay
- Aquila Nera (1946) Screenplay
- The Testimony (1946) First Assistant Director
- Fear No Evil (1945) Story
- Fear No Evil (1945) Screenplay
- La donna è mobile (1942) Screenplay
- Thrill (1941) Screenplay
- Thrill (1941) First Assistant Director
- Thrill (1941) Dialogue
- Ballerine (1937) Second Assistant Director
- I ragazzi della via Paal (1935) Director
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1934) Screenplay
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1934) Adaptation
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1934) First Assistant Director
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Mario Monicelli best known for?
Mario Monicelli is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), Bamse (1966), The Cyclone (1996), Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992).
When and where was Mario Monicelli born?
Mario Monicelli was born on May 16, 1915 in Rome, Italy. They passed away on November 29, 2010.
How many credits does Mario Monicelli have?
Mario Monicelli has accumulated over 242 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1934 to 2024.
What is Mario Monicelli's background in cinema and television?
Mario Monicelli was an Italian director and screenwriter recognized as a master of the Commedia all'Italiana style of comedy. He was born on May 16, 1915. Sources note his place of birth as Rome, Italy, while other sources indicate he was born in Viareggio. He was credited with 150 known credits in directing. His death...
Mario Monicelli by the numbers
242credits
235films
7TV series
1934–2024active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Cyclone (1996) as Gino (voice) — aged about 81
- Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) as Old Man with Flowers — aged about 88
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self — aged about 60
- Ciné regards (1978) as Self — aged about 63
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