Born in Trevico, in southern Italy, in 1931 and died in Rome in 2016, Scola began as a teenage ghostwriter and became a screenwriter in 1953, working with Dino Risi on films such as Il Sorpasso. He directed his first film in 1964 and became one of the leading names of the commedia all'italiana, using satire and farce to look at post-war Italian society. He won the Best Director prize at Cannes for Ugly, Dirty and Bad, and A Special Day brought him a Golden Globe and Oscar nominations.
Filmography
- Let's Talk About Women (1964)
- A Drama of Jealousy (1970)
- We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
- Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)
- A Special Day (1977)
- That Night in Varennes (1982)
- Le Bal (1983)
- The Family (1987)