Ugo Chiti (born 13 February 1943) is an Italian screenwriter, playwright, stage and film director.
Ugo Chiti | |
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 Chiti in 2023 | |
| Born | 13 February 1943 (age 81) Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter Playwright |
Life and career
editBorn in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Chiti started his career in 1970 with Pier'Alli's Society for Theatre Research.[1] He later founded Teatro in piazza ('Theater in the Square'), a stage company focused in folk and dialect theatre, and collaborated with Affratellamento Theater in Florence.[1] In 1983, he founded the Arkhè theater and began a long collaboration with the Arca Azzurra stage company, of which he became the main dramatist.[1] In theater, he is best known for the trilogy of dramas La terra e la memoria ('The land and the memory', 1987-1993), a portrait of 50 years of Italian history, of which he adapted the first chapter Allegretto into the film Albergo Roma in 1996.[1]
After serving as costume and production designer in a few films, Chiti started his career as a screenwriter with Willy Signori e vengo da lontano by Francesco Nuti.[2][3] In the following years, he became a close collaborator of Nuti, Alessandro Benvenuti and Giovanni Veronesi.[2] Starting from 2003, he is a regular collaborator of Matteo Garrone.[3]
During his career Chiti won numerous awards, notably six David di Donatello, two Silver Ribbons, a Globo d'oro and an European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.[3][4][5]
Selected filmography
edit- Willy Signori e vengo da lontano (1989)
- Welcome to Home Gori (1990)
- Women in Skirts (1991)
- The Party's Over (1991)
- Cain vs. Cain (1993)
- For Love, Only for Love (1993)
- Belle al Bar (1994)
- Ivo the Genius (1995)
- OcchioPinocchio (1995)
- Albergo Roma (1996, also director)
- The Barber of Rio (1996)
- Return to Home Gori (1996)
- Silenzio... si nasce (1996)
- Albergo Roma (1998, also director)
- Io amo Andrea (1999)
- Caruso, Zero for Conduct (2001)
- The Embalmer (2002)
- Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy? (2003)
- Manual of Love (2005)
- Manual of Love 2 (2006)
- Gomorrah (2008)
- Black Sea (2008)
- Italians (2009)
- La pecora nera (2010)
- Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using (2010)
- The Ages of Love (2011)
- Reality (2012)
- The Fifth Wheel (2013)
- A Woman as a Friend (2014)
- Tale of Tales (2015)
- As Needed (2018)
- Dogman (2018)
- The Life Ahead (2020)
- Strangeness (2022)
- Mimì: Prince of Darkness (2023)
Further reading
edit- Contarini, Silvia (2006). "Ugo Chiti: la Toscana a teatro". In Livi, François; Ossola, Carlo (eds.). De Florence à Venise: études en l'honneur de Christian Bec. Presses Paris Sorbonne. pp. 537–47. ISBN 978-2-84050-453-5.
References
edit- ^ a b c d Cappa, Felice; Gelli, Piero; Mattarozzi, Marco (1998). "Chiti, Ugo". Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900. Baldini & Castoldi. p. 243. ISBN 978-88-8089-295-3.
- ^ a b Poppi, Roberto (2002). "Chiti, Ugo". I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore. p. 109. ISBN 978-88-8440-171-7.
- ^ a b c Sollazzo, Boris (23 June 2023). "Ugo Chiti "con Aditi racconto il femminicidio con una favola nera"". The Hollywood Reporter Roma (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Premi e nomination di Ugo Chiti". Mymovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (6 December 2008). "'Gomorrah' tops Euro Film Awards". Variety. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
