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Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist.
Ugo Pirro, nome d'arte di Ugo Mattone, è stato uno sceneggiatore e scrittore italiano, candidato a due premi Oscar nel 1972 per la sceneggiatura originale di Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto e per la sceneggiatura non originale de Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini.
Ugo Pirro was born on 24 April 1920 in Salerno, Campania, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), Celluloide (1996) and We Still Kill the Old Way (1967). He died on 18 January 2008 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Ugo Pirro. Screenwriter. 23 April 1920 to 18 January 2008. As the writer of back-to-back winners of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, Pirro’s contribution to The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970) and Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) remain his best known work outside his native Italy.
Jan 18, 2008 · Ugo Pirro (April 20, 1920 – January 18, 2008) was an Italian screenwriter and novelist. His screenplays include films Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion and The Garden of the Fizi-Continis, which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ugo Pirro died Friday in his Rome home. He was 87. Pirro earned his Academy Award nominations for Elio Petri's Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion in 1971 and Vittorio De Sica's Garden of the Finzi-Contini's in 1972.
Jan 22, 2008 · ROME — The Italian parliament on Monday observed a moment of silence in honor of screenwriter Ugo Pirro, who died early Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 87.
