Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Writing · Born 1914-07-21 in Rome, Lazio, Italy

Biography

Suso Cecchi D'Amico (1914–2010) was an Italian screenwriter and actress. The Italian screenwriter collaborated on the scripts of more than 100 films, including Vittorio De Sica's Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948), William Wyler's Roman Holiday (1953), Mario Monicelli's I Soliti Ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street, 1958) and Francesco Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano (1962). She also worked with Michelangelo Antonioni on Le Amiche (The Girlfriends, 1955) and Franco Zeffirelli on Jesus of Nazareth (1977), but she was best known for her creative contribution to the films of Luchino Visconti, including Il Gattopardo (The Leopard, 1963).

Filmography

• Boccaccio '70 as (segment "Renzo e Luciana") (uncredited)
• Luchino Visconti as Self
• Monicelli: La versione di Mario as Self (archive footage)
• Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert as Self
• My Name Is Anna Magnani as Self
• L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo as Self
• A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota as Self
• Marcello, una vita dolce as Self