Mario Monicelli
15 May 1915 - 29 November 2010
Director, Screenwriter
An Italian filmmaker who enjoyed great domestic success, Monicelli directed such films as I Soliti Ignoti (1958), Big Deal On Madonna Street (1958), La Grande Guerra (1959), Casanova 70 (1965), L’armata Brancaleone (1966) and Amici Mei (1975). Working into his 90s, his last film was Le Rose Del Deserto (2006).
- Read Mario Monicelli's Guardian Obituary.