Franco Brusati

{{Short description|Italian screenwriter and director}}

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| caption = Franco Brusati {{circa|1964}}

| name = Franco Brusati

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|08|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|02|28|1922|08|04|df=y}}

| death_place = Rome, Italy

| resting_place = Cimitero Monumentale di Milano

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| occupation = {{hlist|Screenwriter|Director|Playwright}}

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| nationality = Italian

| years_active = 1948–1989

| awards = David di Donatello for Best Film
1974 Bread and Chocolate
1979 To Forget Venice

| website = {{url|francobrusati.com}}

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Franco Brusati (4 August 1922 in Milan – 28 February 1993 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter and director.{{cite book|author=Gino Moliterno|title=Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0dUgcYI8B0C&pg=PA347|date=29 September 2008|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6254-8|page=54}}

Biography

He directed the internationally commended film hit Bread and Chocolate, one of the finest examples of Commedia all'italiana films in the 1970s.{{according to whom|date=February 2024}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In 1979, his film To Forget Venice was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 52nd Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1980 |title=The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2013-06-08 |work=oscars.org}} In Italy, the film was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.daviddidonatello.it/storia/cronologia.php|title=CHRONOLOGY OF DAVID DI DONATELLO AWARDS|access-date=January 7, 2021|work=daviddidonatello.it}}

In 1983, Brusati was a member of the jury at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1983/04_jury_1983/04_Jury_1983.html |title=Berlinale: 1983 Juries |access-date=2010-11-14 |work=berlinale.de}}

Filmography

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! rowspan="2" style="width:33px;"|Year

! rowspan="2"|Title

! colspan="3"|Credited as

! rowspan="2"|Notes

width=65| Writer

!width=65| Director

!width=65| Other

1948

| Under the Sun of Rome

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Second assistant director

rowspan= 3| 1950

| Sunday in August

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

The Accusation

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Il Brigante Musolino

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

rowspan= 3| 1951

|Honeymoon Deferred

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|Assistant director

Without a Flag

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Anna

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

rowspan= 5| 1952

|The Machine to Kill Bad People

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Wife for a Night

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

The Three Pirates

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Article 519, Penal Code

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Sunday Heroes

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

rowspan= 3| 1953

|The Unfaithfuls

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Uncredited

Too Young for Love

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

rowspan= 4| 1954

|100 Years of Love

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

The Three Thieves

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Ulysses

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Human Torpedoes

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Uncredited

1955

|Il padrone sono me

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Directorial debut

1960

|Run with the Devil

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

rowspan= 3| 1962

|Disorder

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

Violent Life

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

Smog

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

1964

|Amori pericolosi

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|"La ronda" segment

rowspan= 4| 1968

|Romeo and Juliet

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Co-written with Masolino D'Amico and Franco Zeffirelli

Black Jesus

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Co-written with Valerio Zurlini

The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Co-written with Ennio De Concini

La pietà di novembre

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Television film

rowspan= 3| 1970

|Tulips of Haarlem

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Co-written with Sergio Bazzini

Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|Support

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Uncredited

1974

|Bread and Chocolate

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|David di Donatello for Best Film
Awarded the European David at the 19th David di Donatello Awards
Awarded the Silver Bear at the 1974 Berlin Film Festival
Co-written with Jaja Fiastri and Nino Manfredi

1978

|Lundi la fête

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|Television film

1979

|To Forget Venice

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|Producer
David di Donatello for Best Film
Nominated – Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Co-written with Jaja Fiastri

1982

|The Good Soldier

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Nominated – Golden Lion Award at the 39th Venice International Film Festival
Co-written with Ennio De Concini

1989

|The Sleazy Uncle

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|Nominated – Nastro d'Argento for Best Director
Nominated – Globo d'oro for Best Film
Co-written with Piero De Bernardi and Leonardo Benvenuti

References

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