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).
Known For
The Leopard
(1963)
Screenplay
Bicycle Thieves
(1948)
Screenplay
The Stranger
(1967)
Screenplay
The Taming of the Shrew
(1967)
Screenplay
Senso
(1954)
Story and Screenplay
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Screenplay
Caravaggio
(1986)
Writer
Rocco and His Brothers
(1960)
Story, Screenplay, and Dialogue
Violent Summer
(1959)
Co-Writer
Conversation Piece
(1974)
Screenplay
Bellissima
(1952)
Screenplay
The Innocent
(1976)
Screenplay
Salvatore Giuliano
(1962)
Screenplay and Story
Ludwig
(1973)
Screenplay
The Adventures of Pinocchio
(1972)
Screenplay
Le Amiche
(1955)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Professor, My Son
(1946)
Story and Screenplay
Rome: Free City
(1946)
Screenplay
Flesh Will Surrender
(1947)
Screenplay
To Live in Peace
(1947)
Story and Screenplay
Bicycle Thieves
(1948)
Screenplay
Guaglio
(1948)
Story and Screenplay
Heaven Over the Marshes
(1949)
Screenplay
The Walls of Malapaga
(1949)
Screenplay
Pact with the Devil
(1950)
Writer
It's Forever Springtime
(1950)
Writer
All for love
(1950)
Writer
Twelve Hours to Live
(1950)
Screenplay
Honeymoon Deferred
(1951)
Story
Miracle in Milan
(1951)
Co-Writer
Bellissima
(1952)
Screenplay
Times Gone By
(1952)
Screenplay
The City Stands Trial
(1952)
Screenplay
Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi
(1952)
Screenplay
Hello Elephant
(1952)
Story and Screenplay
The Vanquished
(1953)
Story and Screenplay
The Lady Without Camelias
(1953)
Screenplay
Eager to Live
(1953)
Screenplay
The World Condemns Them
(1953)
Screenplay
We, the Women
(1953)
Screenplay
The Cheerful Squadron
(1954)
Screenplay
Too Bad She's Bad
(1954)
Story and Screenplay
Graziella
(1954)
Screenplay
Senso
(1954)
Story and Screenplay
The Anatomy of Love
(1954)
Screenplay
Le Amiche
(1955)
Screenplay
Forbidden
(1955)
Screenplay
What a Woman!
(1956)
Screenplay and Story
Defend My Love
(1956)
Story
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
(1957)
Screenplay
The Window to Luna Park
(1957)
Story and Screenplay
Husbands in the City
(1957)
Story and Screenplay
Le Notti Bianche
(1957)
Screenplay and Story
The Challenge
(1958)
Screenplay and Story
Big Deal on Madonna Street
(1958)
Screenplay
The Swindlers
(1959)
Screenplay and Story
Violent Summer
(1959)
Co-Writer
Hell in the City
(1959)
Screenplay
Rocco and His Brothers
(1960)
Story, Screenplay, and Dialogue
It Started in Naples
(1960)
Screenplay
The Passionate Thief
(1960)
Story and Screenplay
La contessa azzurra
(1960)
Screenplay
The Best of Enemies
(1961)
Screenplay
The Wastrel
(1961)
Writer
The Four Truths
(1962)
Writer
Salvatore Giuliano
(1962)
Screenplay and Story
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Screenplay
The Leopard
(1963)
Screenplay
Time of Indifference
(1964)
Screenplay
Sandra
(1965)
Story and Screenplay
Casanova '70
(1965)
Screenplay and Story
The Queens
(1966)
Screenplay
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
(1966)
Screenplay
Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand
(1966)
Screenplay
The Stranger
(1967)
Screenplay
Man, Pride and Vengeance
(1967)
Writer
The Taming of the Shrew
(1967)
Screenplay
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
(1969)
Story and Screenplay
Unknown Woman
(1969)
Screenplay
Metello
(1970)
Screenplay
Lady Liberty
(1971)
Screenplay and Dialogue
Devil in the Brain
(1972)
Screenplay
The Adventures of Pinocchio
(1972)
Screenplay
Why
(1972)
Writer
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
(1972)
Screenplay
Amore e ginnastica
(1973)
Writer
Ludwig
(1973)
Screenplay
Amore amaro
(1974)
Writer
Conversation Piece
(1974)
Screenplay
Prete, fai un miracolo
(1975)
Screenplay
Dimmi che fai tutto per me
(1976)
Story
Dear Michele
(1976)
Screenplay
The Innocent
(1976)
Screenplay
Lighea
(1983)
Screenplay
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno
(1984)
Story and Screenplay
Uno scandalo perbene
(1984)
Writer
Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later
(1985)
Screenplay and Story
The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal
(1985)
Story and Screenplay
History
(1986)
Writer
Caravaggio
(1986)
Writer
The Inquiry
(1986)
Story
Let's Hope It's a Girl
(1986)
Screenplay
Dark Eyes
(1987)
Writer
I picari
(1987)
Screenplay and Story
Private Affairs
(1987)
Story and Screenplay
La moglie ingenua e il marito malato
(1989)
Writer
Dark Illness
(1990)
Screenplay
Rossini ! Rossini !
(1991)
Screenplay and Story
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations
(1992)
Screenplay
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
(1994)
Writer
Dear Goddamned Friends
(1994)
Screenplay
Looking for Paradise
(1995)
Screenplay
Bruno aspetta in macchina
(1996)
Screenstory
La stanza dello Scirocco
(1998)
Story
My Voyage to Italy
(1999)
Writer
Dirty Linen
(1999)
Story and Screenplay
The Sky Is Falling
(2000)
Screenplay
Raul - Right to Kill
(2005)
Screenplay
The Final Inquiry
(2007)
Original Story
Acting
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
(segment "Renzo e Luciana") (uncredited)
My Name Is Anna Magnani
(1980)
Self
Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert
(1993)
Self
Il gattopardo: Viaggio della memoria
(1994)
Self
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
(1994)
Self
Luchino Visconti
(1999)
Self
La strana coppia. Incontro con Age e Scarpelli
(2001)
Self
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
(2002)
Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
(2004)
Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
(2006)
Self
Working with De Sica
(2007)
Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
(2010)
Self
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
(2012)
Self (archive footage)