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name: "Bernardino Zapponi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bernardino-zapponi"
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imdb_id: "nm0953301"
tmdb_id: 67884
wikidata_id: "Q672440"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 September 1927"
died: "11 February 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:51:28.802749+00:00"
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# Bernardino Zapponi

## Identity

Bernardino Zapponi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bernardino-zapponi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bernardino-zapponi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0953301
- **TMDB ID:** 67884
- **Wikidata ID:** Q672440
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_Zapponi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672440, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953301/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67884

Writer. Born 4 September 1927 in Rome, Italy. Died 11 February 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 September 1927, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 11 February 2000
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_Zapponi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672440, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953301/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67884

## Biography

Bernardino Zapponi (1927–2000) was an Italian screenwriter, novelist and journalist. Born in Rome, he began his career as a humourist for the satirical magazine Marc'Aurelio and later founded and directed the cult periodical Il Delatore (1958–1965). He made his first film contribution in 1951 and turned to screenwriting full time from the late 1960s.

Zapponi collaborated closely with Federico Fellini on seven projects, beginning with the episode "Toby Dammit" in *Spirits of the Dead* (1968) and including *Satyricon* (1969), *Roma* (1972), *Fellini's Casanova* (1976) and *City of Women* (1980). He received an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay of *Fellini's Casanova*. He also co-wrote Dario Argento's *Deep Red* (1975) and worked with directors including Dino Risi and Mario Monicelli.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, treccani.it, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Satyricon* (1969), Fi1m 65, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/satyricon.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fate un bel sorriso* (2000), Writer
- *Giovani e belli* (1996), Writer
- *Miracolo italiano* (1994), Story, Screenplay
- *All Ladies Do It* (1992), Screenplay
- *Paprika* (1991), Screenplay, Story
- *I'll Be Going Now* (1991), Screenplay, Story
- *You Jane, Me Tarzan* (1989), series, Teleplay
- *Teresa* (1987), Writer
- *Stuff for the Rich* (1987), Screenplay
- *Rimini Rimini* (1987), Screenplay, Story
- *I Am an ESP* (1985), Story, Screenplay
- *He's Worse than Me* (1985), Screenplay, Story
- *Cinecittà Cinecittà* (1985), series, Creator
- *...e la vita continua* (1984), series, Screenplay
- *This and That* (1983), Writer
- *State buoni se potete* (1983), Screenplay, Story
- *God Makes and Then Pairs Them Up* (1982), Story, Screenplay
- *Sesso e volentieri* (1982), Screenplay
- *The Marquis of Grillo* (1981), Story
- *Nobody's Perfect* (1981), Story
- *Sweet Pea* (1981), Screenplay, Story
- *Ghost of Love* (1981), Screenplay
- *Habibi, amor mío* (1981), Writer
- *City of Women* (1980), Screenplay, Story
- *Dear Father* (1979), Screenplay, Story
- *Traffic Jam* (1979), Screenplay
- *The New Monsters* (1977), Screenplay, Story
- *Lost Soul* (1977), Screenplay
- *Fellini's Casanova* (1976), Screenplay
- *Languidi baci... perfide carezze* (1976), Writer
- *Plot of Fear* (1976), Writer
- *The Career of a Chambermaid* (1976), Screenplay, Story
- *Duck in Orange Sauce* (1975), Screenplay
- *Leonor* (1975), Writer
- *Deep Red* (1975), Screenplay
- *Stardust* (1973), Screenplay
- *Dirty Weekend* (1973), Writer
- *Roma* (1972), Screenplay, Story
- *The Clowns* (1970), Screenplay
- *The Priest's Wife* (1970), Screenplay
- *Viva Cangaceiro* (1969), Screenplay
- *Satyricon* (1969), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/satyricon.md)
- *I See Naked* (1969), Story
- *Fellini: A Director’s Notebook* (1969), Screenplay
- *A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof* (1968), Screenplay
- *Spirits of the Dead* (1968), Screenplay, Adaptation
- *Caprice Italian Style* (1968), Writer
- *Toby Dammit* (1968), Writer
- *The Witches* (1967), Screenplay, Story
- *Cinecittà: sui set dei film western italiani (1967) - Spaghetti Western* (1967), Author
- *È l'amor che mi rovina* (1951), Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Bernardino Zapponi premio MICS alla carriera 1997](https://film.one/media/person/3915050/gallery-7922d197368e.jpg) Bernardino Zapponi premio MICS alla carriera 1997 — Indeciso42, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/ZAPPONI13221297.jpg/1280px-ZAPPONI13221297.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bernardino Zapponi (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3915050/gallery-ba3135705be3.jpg) Bernardino Zapponi (2013) — Leonardo Zapponi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/BernardinoZapponi.jpg/1280px-BernardinoZapponi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1977: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Fellini's Casanova*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1995: Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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