Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. His screenplays include films Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The Garden of the Fizi-Continis, which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film.
Notable Works
We Still Kill the Old WayThe Day of the OwlThe Garden of the Finzi-ContinisInvestigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Filmography (50 movies)
10.0
10.0
Italienisches Capriccio
1961
Writer
8.2
8.2
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
1970
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
The Apartment
1960
Writer
7.8
7.8
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
1971
Screenplay
7.8
7.8
One Russian Summer
1973
Writer
7.7
7.7
Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli
1970
Screenplay
7.2
7.2
Property Is No Longer a Theft
1973
Screenplay
7.1
7.1
The Day of the Owl
1968
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
Empty Eyes
1953
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
Screenplay
6.9
6.9
Operation Ogre
1979
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Ipotesi sulla morte di G. Pinelli
1970
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
Law of Courage
1994
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
The Battle of Neretva
1969
Writer
6.7
6.7
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
2005
as Self
6.7
6.7
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
1976
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
We Still Kill the Old Way
1967
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
Celluloide
1996
Screenplay
6.6
6.6
I Am the Law
1977
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
2004
as Self - Interviewee
6.5
6.5
A Boy from Calabria
1987
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
Somewhere Beyond Love
1974
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
The Verona Trial
1963
Screenplay
6.3
6.3
The Battle of Sutjeska
1973
Writer
6.2
6.2
San Babila-8 P.M.
1976
Writer
6.2
6.2
The Hunchback
1960
Screenplay
6.2
6.2
The Inheritance
1976
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Wake Up and Die
1966
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Men and Wolves
1957
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Attention! Bandits!
1951
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
Blood Brothers
1974
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
Il generale dorme in piedi
1974
Writer
5.8
5.8
The Most Wonderful Moment
1957
Screenplay
5.8
5.8
Sardinia Kidnapped
1968
Screenplay
5.6
5.6
Metello
1970
Screenplay
5.3
5.3
Chronicle of a Homicide
1972
Screenplay
5.2
5.2
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