Ettore Scola (10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and film director.
One of the most prominent names in Italian filmmaking, he notably received a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1978 for A Special Day and over the course of his film career was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
Selected works:
- Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976)
- A Special Day (1977)
- That Night in Varennes (1982)
- Le Bal (1983)
- Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990)
Tropes & Trivia abour his career:
- Associated Composer: Armando Trovajoli composed the soundtracks for a dozen of his films.
- Production Posse: Neapolitan actor Massimo Troisi was a regular collaborator of Scola.
