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}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|02|28|1922|08|04|df=y}}
| 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}}
}}
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 |
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!width=65| Director !width=65| Other |
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1948
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Second assistant director |
rowspan= 3| 1950
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
The Accusation
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
Il Brigante Musolino
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
rowspan= 3| 1951
| {{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
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |Uncredited |
Too Young for Love
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
rowspan= 4| 1954
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
The Three Thieves
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
Ulysses
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
Human Torpedoes
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |Uncredited |
1955
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |Directorial debut |
1960
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
rowspan= 3| 1962
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |
Violent Life
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
Smog
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | |
1964
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |"La ronda" segment |
rowspan= 4| 1968
| {{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
| {{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
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |David di Donatello for Best Film |
1978
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |Television film |
1979
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |Producer |
1982
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |Nominated – Golden Lion Award at the 39th Venice International Film Festival |
1989
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |Nominated – Nastro d'Argento for Best Director |
References
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External links
- [http://www.francobrusati.com/?lang=en Official website]
- {{IMDb name | id=0116663 | name=Franco Brusati}}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/03/obituaries/franco-brusati-italian-director-of-movies-and-plays-dies-at-66.html Franco Brusati, Italian Director Of Movies and Plays, Dies at 66]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=t7WVhymRPZEC&dq=where+did+franco+brusati+go+to+university&pg=PA138 Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation - page 138]
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