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Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's neorealist movement.
Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: in 1946 for Rome, Open City, in 1947 for Shoeshine, in 1949 for Paisà and in 1961 for Il generale della Rovere.
He died in Rome.
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Known For
Rome, Open City
(1945)
Screenplay and Story
Germany, Year Zero
(1948)
Writer
Stromboli
(1950)
Screenplay
Shoeshine
(1946)
Story and Screenplay
General Della Rovere
(1959)
Story and Screenplay
Paisan
(1946)
Screenplay, Story, and Dialogue
The Night of Varennes
(1982)
Writer
Be Sick… It's Free
(1968)
Screenplay
Why
(1971)
Screenplay
Full Filmography
Writing
Pietro Micca
(1938)
Writer
La notte delle beffe
(1939)
Screenplay
Battles in the Shadow
(1939)
Screenplay
Cose dell'altro mondo
(1939)
Screenplay
Traversata nera
(1939)
Screenplay
L'ultimo ballo
(1941)
Screenplay
Don Cesare di Bazan
(1942)
Screenplay
Gioco pericoloso
(1942)
Screenplay
T'amerò sempre
(1943)
Screenplay
Harlem
(1943)
Screenplay
Addio, amore!
(1943)
Screenplay
Il figlio del corsaro rosso
(1943)
Writer
Gli ultimi filibustieri
(1943)
Writer
Il cappello da prete
(1944)
Screenplay
Rome, Open City
(1945)
Screenplay and Story
Shoeshine
(1946)
Story and Screenplay
Paisan
(1946)
Screenplay, Story, and Dialogue
Cronaca nera
(1947)
Story and Screenplay
Fatalità
(1947)
Screenplay
Under the Sun of Rome
(1948)
Screenplay
Difficult Years
(1948)
Screenplay and Adaptation
Germany, Year Zero
(1948)
Writer
Pact with the Devil
(1950)
Writer
Stromboli
(1950)
Screenplay
A Dog’s Life
(1950)
Screenplay
Sunday in August
(1950)
Story
Paris Is Always Paris
(1951)
Story, Screenplay, and Dialogue
The Machine That Kills Bad People
(1952)
Screenplay
Three Girls from Rome
(1952)
Screenplay and Story
Easy Years
(1953)
Screenplay
It Happened in the Park
(1953)
Story and Idea
Picasso
(1954)
Writer
Fear
(1954)
Writer
Chronicle of Poor Lovers
(1954)
Screenplay
Daughters of Destiny
(1954)
Story
High School
(1954)
Screenplay
Roman Tales
(1955)
Adaptation, Screenplay, and Dialogue
Le signorine dello 04
(1955)
Idea, Screenplay, and Story
Peccato di castità
(1956)
Screenplay
The Bigamist
(1956)
Screenplay and Story
A Mink Coat
(1956)
Screenplay
The Most Wonderful Moment
(1957)
Story and Screenplay
Love on the Riviera
(1958)
Story and Screenplay
General Della Rovere
(1959)
Story and Screenplay
Escape by Night
(1960)
Story and Screenplay
Ghosts of Rome
(1961)
Idea
Viva l'Italia!
(1961)
Story and Screenplay
Copacabana Palace
(1962)
Story
Roaring Years
(1962)
Story
The Verona Trial
(1963)
Story
A Very Handy Man
(1964)
Writer
The Escape
(1964)
Screenplay
It's a Hard Life
(1964)
Screenplay
Maigret at the Pigalle
(1966)
Storyboard
Smoke Over London
(1966)
Screenplay and Story
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
(1966)
Story and Screenplay
Singapore, Singapore
(1967)
Writer
Sunstroke
(1968)
Writer
Be Sick… It's Free
(1968)
Screenplay
Medicine Italian Style
(1969)
Screenplay and Story
Il presidente del Borgorosso Football Club
(1970)
Screenplay and Story
Why
(1971)
Screenplay
The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life
(1972)
Writer
Ipotesi sulla scomparsa di un fisico atomico
(1972)
Original Story
My Brother Anastasia
(1973)
Writer
An Average Little Man
(1977)
Screenplay
The Witness
(1978)
Writer
Tales of Ordinary Madness
(1981)
Writer
The Night of Varennes
(1982)
Writer
Acting
Directing
Production