Mario Monicelli (born May 15, 1915) is an Italian director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana (Comedy Italian style).
Monicelli was born in Viareggio (Tuscany), the youngest son of the Mantuan journalist Tommaso Monicelli. His older brother Giorgio worked as writer and translator.
He attended studies in the local lyceum, and entered in the film world through his friendship with Giacomo Forzano, son of the playwright...
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Mario Monicelli (born May 15, 1915) is an Italian director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana (Comedy Italian style).
Monicelli was born in Viareggio (Tuscany), the youngest son of the Mantuan journalist Tommaso Monicelli. His older brother Giorgio worked as writer and translator.
He attended studies in the local lyceum, and entered in the film world through his friendship with Giacomo Forzano, son of the playwright Giovacchino Forzano, who had been charged by Benito Mussolini of the founding of cinema studios in Tirrenia. Monicelli lived a carefree youth, and many of the jokes he later shot in Amici Miei were taken from his experience.
His first short is from 1934, made together with his friend Alberto Mondadori. This was followed by the silent film I ragazzi della Via Paal ("Paal Street's Boys"), which was an award-winner in the Venice Film Festival. His first feature length work is from 1937 (Pioggia d'Estate, "Summer Rain"). In the years 1939–1942...
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