Person
Franco Brusati
Writing · 1922–1993 · Milano, Lombardia, Italia
Biography
Franco Brusati (4 August 1922 in Milan – 28 February 1993 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter and director. He directed the internationally commended film hit Bread and Chocolate, one of the finest examples of Commedia all'italiana films in the 1970s. In 1979, his film To Forget Venice was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. In Italy, the film was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film. In 1983, Brusati was a member of the jury at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Known for
Ulysses
Screenplay
Romeo and Juliet
Screenplay
The Three Faces
Writer
Bread and Chocolate
Director
Tulips of Haarlem
Director
100 Years of Love
Screenplay
Sunday in August
Screenplay
Anna
Story
The Unfaithfuls
Screenplay
Wife for a Night
Screenplay
Filmography
- 1989The Sleazy UncleDirector
- 1982The Good SoldierDirector
- 1979To Forget VeniceDirector
- 1974Bread and ChocolateDirector
- 1970Tulips of HaarlemDirector
- 1968The Girl Who Couldn't Say NoDirector
- 1968Black JesusScreenplay
- 1968Romeo and JulietScreenplay
- 1965The Three FacesWriter
- 1962SmogScreenplay
- 1962Violent LifeStory
- 1962DisorderStory
- 1960Run with the DevilScreenplay
- 1955Il padrone sono meDirector
- 1954UlyssesScreenplay
- 1954Human TorpedoesScreenplay
- 1954100 Years of LoveScreenplay
- 1953The Age of IndiscretionScreenplay
- 1953The UnfaithfulsScreenplay
- 1952Sunday HeroesStory
- 1952Il romanzo della mia vitaScreenplay
- 1952Wife for a NightScreenplay
- 1952The Machine That Kills Bad PeopleScreenplay
- 1951AnnaStory
- 1951Honeymoon DeferredFirst Assistant Director
- 1950Outlaw GirlScreenplay
- 1950The AccusationScreenplay
- 1950Sunday in AugustScreenplay
- 1948Under the Sun of RomeSecond Assistant Director
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