Luigi Magni
Directing
Luigi Magni (21 March 1928 – 27 October 2013) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Born in Rome , Italy, Magni started his career as a screenwriter, in 1956, with Tempo di villeggiatura. In 1968 he collaborated with Mario Monicelli in creating a real "event" of the Italian cinema by transforming Monica Vitti into a comedic actress with The Girl with the Pistol , and the critical and commercial success of the film pushed him into directing. After the directorial debut with Faustina (which was also the debut film of Vonetta McGee ), in 1969 Magni achieved an extraordinary success with Nell'anno del Signore , which was the highest-grossing Italian film of the year, so as to require for the first time in Italy nighttime screenings to meet the demands of the audience. The film marked the encounter with Nino Manfredi , with whom Magni had a long-standing association on the set (including the screenplay of Manfredi's award-winning film Per Grazia Ricevuta ) and a close friendship off the set. The film also defined Magni's style, namely a commedia all'italiana mainly centered on Rome and its history, particularly the epoch between the Papal States and the Risorgimento.
Known for
Directing25
movieLa notte di Pasquino
2003
Director
movieLa carbonara
2000
Director
movieEsercizi di stile
1996
Director
movieNemici d'infanzia
1995
Director
Cinema
1989
Director
movie'o Re
1989
Director
movieSabatoventiquattromarzo
1984
Director
movieState buoni se potete
1983
Director
movieArrivano i bersaglieri
1980
Director
movieStrange Occasion
1976
Director
movieKeep It To Yourself!
1976
Director
movieThe Way of the Baboons
1974
Director
movieLa Tosca
1973
Director
movieScipio the African
1971
Director
movieThe Conspirators
1969
Director
movieFaustina
1968
Director
movieWhite Voices
1964
Co-Director
movieA Sentimental Attempt
1963
Assistant Director
Writing42
movieLa carbonara
2000
Story, Screenplay
movieEsercizi di stile
1996
Screenplay
movieNemici d'infanzia
1995
Screenplay
movieIn nome del popolo sovrano
1990
Story, Screenplay
Cinema
1989
Screenplay
movie'o Re
1989
Screenplay, Story
movieI 7 Re di Roma
1989
Writer
movieState buoni se potete
1983
Screenplay, Story
movieKeep It To Yourself!
1976
Screenplay, Story
movieLa Tosca
1973
Screenplay
movieScipio the African
1971
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Conspirators
1969
Screenplay, Story
movieFaustina
1968
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Girl with a Pistol
1968
Screenplay
movieThe Witches
1967
Story, Screenplay
movieMake Love, Not War
1966
Screenplay
movieEl Greco
1966
Writer
movieThe Queens
1966
Screenplay
movieMademoiselle de Maupin
1966
Screenplay
movieThe Mandrake
1965
Screenplay
movieLa Celestina P… R…
1965
Screenplay
movieThe Dolls
1965
Screenplay
movieExtraconiugale
1964
Screenplay
movieThree Nights of Love
1964
Story, Screenplay
movieWhite Voices
1964
Story, Screenplay
movieA Sentimental Attempt
1963
Screenplay
movieIl mio amico Benito
1962
Story, Screenplay
movieThe Orderly
1961
Screenplay
movieIl corazziere
1960
Screenplay
movieLa cambiale
1959
Screenplay
