Piero Tellini (16 January 1917 – 22 June 1985) was an Italian
screenwriter and
film director.
Born in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...
, the son of the soprano Ines Alfani(the Soprano Opera singer for 10 years with Arturo Toscanini), Tellini graduated at the
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental Film Centre or Italian National film school) was established in 1935 in Italy and aims to promote the art and technique of cinematography and film.
The centre is the oldest film school in ...
in Rome and in 1938 he entered the cinema industry as an assistant director.
He later dedicated to the activity of screenwriter, contributing to the success of the
Italian neorealism
Italian neorealism ( it, Neorealismo), also known as the Golden Age, is a national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class. They are filmed on location, frequently with non-professional actors. They pri ...
and notably collaborating with
Luigi Zampa
Luigi Zampa (2 January 1905 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film director.
Biography
Son of a worker, Zampa studied filmmaking from 1932 to 1937 at the Italian film school Centro sperimentale di cinematografia in Rome.
He directed several ...
,
Alberto Lattuada,
Michelangelo Antonioni,
Alessandro Blasetti and
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo (; 24 May 1900 – 31 October 1984), also known simply as ''Eduardo'', was an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright, best known for his Neapolitan works ''Filumena Marturano'' and '' Napoli Milionaria''. Consid ...
.
In 1947 Tellini won the
Nastro d'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ...
for the script of Zampa's ''
To Live in Peace
''To Live in Peace'' (Italian: ''Vivere in pace'') is a 1947 Italian neorealist comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, John Kitzmiller and Ave Ninchi.Gundle p.138
It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome a ...
'', while in 1952 he was awarded the
Best Screenplay Award
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at the
Cannes Film Festival
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for
Mario Monicelli's and
Steno's ''
Cops and Robbers''.
Starting from 1954 he was also active as a film director.
He was first married to actress
Liliana Tellini
Liliana Tellini (19 January 1925 - 15 June 1971) was an Italian actress and voice actress.
Life and career
Born in Florence as Liliana Polledri she was the daughter of a Swiss father and a Venetian mother. She enrolled at the Centro Speriment ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
Captain Fracasse'' (1940)
* ''
The Mask of Cesare Borgia
''The Mask of Cesare Borgia'' (Italian: ''La maschera di Cesare Borgia'') is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Duilio Coletti and starring Osvaldo Valenti, Elsa De Giorgi and Carlo Tamberlani. Coletti asserted that the 1948 20th C ...
'' (1941)
* ''
To Live in Peace
''To Live in Peace'' (Italian: ''Vivere in pace'') is a 1947 Italian neorealist comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Aldo Fabrizi, John Kitzmiller and Ave Ninchi.Gundle p.138
It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome a ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Alarm Bells'' (1949)
* ''
Nel blu dipinto di blu'' (1959)
References
External links
*
1917 births
1985 deaths
Italian film directors
20th-century Italian screenwriters
Italian male screenwriters
Film people from Florence
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Nastro d'Argento winners
20th-century Italian male writers
Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay winners
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