Piero Tellini

{{Short description|Italian screenwriter and film director (1917–1985)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Piero Tellini

| image = Piero Tellini.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Piero Giuseppe Tellini

| birth_date = {{birth-date|16 January 1917}}

| birth_place = Florence, Italy

| death_date = {{death-date and age|22 June 1985|16 January 1917}}

| death_place = Florence, Italy

| resting_place = San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy

| spouse = Liliana Tellini, Joan Tellini

| children = Massimo, Marco, Donina, Elizabeth, Chiara

| years_active =

| occupation = Film director, Screenwriter

}}

Piero Tellini (16 January 1917 – 22 June 1985) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.

Born in Florence, the son of the soprano Ines Alfani, Tellini graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and in 1938 he entered the cinema industry as an assistant director.{{cite news|last1=Redazione|title=Scrisse Guardie e ladri|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1985/06/23/scrisse-guardie-ladri.html?ref=search|accessdate=12 January 2016|work=La Repubblica|date=23 June 1985|page=18}} He later dedicated to the activity of screenwriter, contributing to the success of the Italian neorealism and notably collaborating with Luigi Zampa, Alberto Lattuada, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alessandro Blasetti and Eduardo De Filippo.

In 1947 Tellini won the Nastro d'Argento for the script of Zampa's To Live in Peace, while in 1952 he was awarded the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Mario Monicelli's and Steno's Cops and Robbers.{{cite news|title=Morto lo sceneggiatore fu tra i padri del neorealismo|work=La Stampa|issue=132|date=23 June 1985|page=20}} Starting from 1954 he was also active as a film director.

He was first married to actress Liliana Tellini, with whom he had one child, Massimo.

In 1965, he married Jo Anne Bosshard (Spokane, 1 December 1931 – Everett, Washington, 1 November 2002). The two met in Spain, had one child, Chiara (born 1965), and lived between Whidbey Island and Italy for years.{{Cite web |title=Joan Tellini | website=Legacy.com |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldnet/name/joan-tellini-obituary?id=29125743}}{{Cite web |title=OBITUARIES – Joan Tellini |date=November 2002 |url=https://www.southwhidbeyrecord.com/obituaries/joan-tellini/}}