Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Writing

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Born 21 July 1914 · Rome, Lazio, Italy · Died 30 July 2010

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (1914–2010) was an Italian screenwriter and actress. The Italian screenwriter collaborated on the scripts of more than 100 films, including Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948), William Wyler's Roman Holiday (1953), Mario Monicelli's I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958) and Francesco Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano (1962). She also worked with Michelangelo Antonioni on Le Amiche (The Girlfriends, 1955) and Franco Zeffirelli on Jesus of Nazareth (1977), but she was best known for her creative contribution to the films of Luchino Visconti, including Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963).

Known for

Bicycle Thieves
The Leopard
Big Deal on Madonna Street
Rocco and His Brothers
Jesus of Nazareth
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations
The Adventures of Pinocchio
White Nights
Bellissima
Senso
Ludwig
The Taming of the Shrew
Raul - Right to Kill
The Sky Is Falling
Dirty Linen
My Voyage to Italy
La stanza dello Scirocco
Looking for Paradise
Dear Goddamned Friends
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
La fine è nota
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations
Rossini! Rossini!
Dark Illness
12 Directors for 12 Cities
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
Private Affairs
I picari
Let's Hope It's a Girl
The Inquiry
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
Uno scandalo perbene
The Innocent
Dear Michele
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
Prete, fai un miracolo
Conversation Piece
Amore amaro
Ludwig
Love and Gymnastics
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Why
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Devil in the Brain
Lady Liberty
Metello
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Unknown Woman
The Taming of the Shrew
Man, Pride and Vengeance
The Stranger
The Queens
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
Casanova '70
Sandra
Time of Indifference
The Leopard
Salvatore Giuliano
Boccaccio '70
The Four Truths
The Best of Enemies
The Wastrel
The Passionate Thief
It Started in Naples
Rocco and His Brothers
La contessa azzurra
The Swindlers
Hell in the City
Big Deal on Madonna Street
The Challenge
The Window to Luna Park
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
Husbands in the City
White Nights
Defend My Love
What a Woman!
Le Amiche
Forbidden
Senso
Too Bad She's Bad
The Anatomy of Love
The Cheerful Squadron
Graziella
We, the Women
Eager to Live
The Vanquished
The World Condemns Them
The Lady Without Camelias
Times Gone By
Hello Elephant
Bellissima
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
The City Stands Trial
Honeymoon Deferred
All for Love
It's Forever Springtime
Twelve Hours to Live
Pact with the Devil
Heaven Over the Marshes
The Walls of Malapaga
Bicycle Thieves
Guaglio
Flesh Will Surrender
To Live in Peace
Rome: Free City
Professor, My Son
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