Ugo Pirro


Ugo Pirro was an Italian screenwriter and novelist.

Biography

Born Ugo Mattone in Battipaglia, near Salerno, he debuted as screenwriter for director Carlo Lizzani.
His screenplays of the 1970s include films Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto and Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini, which both won Academy Awards as Best Foreign Film.
Pirro was also a literature author, his most notable works being Le soldatesse, set in the Italian occupation of Greece during World War II, and Celluloide, adapted for cinema by Lizzani in 1996.
Pirro died in Rome in 2008.

Works

Films