---
name: "Brunello Rondi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brunello-rondi"
fi1m_id: "brunello-rondi"
imdb_id: "nm0740021"
tmdb_id: 5678
wikidata_id: "Q1009918"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "26 November 1924"
died: "7 November 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-26T16:47:07.218961+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brunello Rondi

## Identity

Brunello Rondi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brunello-rondi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brunello-rondi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0740021
- **TMDB ID:** 5678
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1009918
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunello_Rondi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1009918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5678

Writer and director. Born 26 November 1924 in Tirano, Sondrio. Died 7 November 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 26 November 1924, Tirano, Sondrio
- **Died:** 7 November 1989
- **Active:** 1952–1969
- **Also known as:** Brunello Gay
- **Frequently works with:** [Ennio Flaiano](https://film.one/person/ennio-flaiano.md), [Federico Fellini](https://film.one/person/federico-fellini.md), [Tullio Pinelli](https://film.one/person/tullio-pinelli.md), [Angelo Rizzoli](https://film.one/person/angelo-rizzoli.md), [Giulietta Masina](https://film.one/person/giulietta-masina.md), [Anouk Aimée](https://film.one/person/anouk-aimee.md), [Dino De Laurentiis](https://film.one/person/dino-de-laurentiis.md), [Marcello Mastroianni](https://film.one/person/marcello-mastroianni.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (2), 1960s 78 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 77 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 3, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $20m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunello_Rondi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1009918, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0740021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5678

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*8½*](https://film.one/film/812.md) (91), [*Europa '51*](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md) (80), [*Juliet of the Spirits*](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md) (68)

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## Biography

Brunello Rondi (1924–1989) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. He began his career in 1947, contributing to the script of *Last Love* and working as an assistant director. He collaborated with Roberto Rossellini on *The Flowers of St. Francis* (1950) and *Europa '51* (1952).

Rondi is best known for his extensive work with Federico Fellini. He co-wrote the screenplays for *La Dolce Vita* (1960), *8½* (1963), *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), *Orchestra Rehearsal* (1979) and *City of Women* (1980). He made his directorial debut with *Violent Life* (1962, co-directed) and went on to direct films including *Il demonio* (1963). His brother Gian Luigi Rondi was a film critic.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, it.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Satyricon* (1969), Fi1m 65, Co-Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/satyricon.md)
- *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md)
- *8½* (1963), Fi1m 91, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)
- *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md)
- *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/nights-of-cabiria.md)
- *Europa '51* (1952), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *The Voice* (1982), Director, Writer
- *City of Women* (1980), Co-Writer
- *Orchestra Rehearsal* (1979), Co-Writer
- *Black Velvet* (1976), Director, Writer
- *I prosseneti* (1976), Director, Writer
- *Riot in a Women's Prison* (1974), Director
- *The Art of Love* (1973), Director, Writer
- *Ingrid on the Road* (1973), Director, Writer
- *Master of Love* (1972), Director, Writer
- *Valerie Inside Outside* (1972), Director, Writer
- *Your Hands on My Body* (1970), Director, Screenplay
- *Check to the Queen* (1969), Writer
- *Satyricon* (1969), Co-Writer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/satyricon.md)
- *The Sisters* (1969), Screenplay
- *Coup D'Etat* (1969), as (uncredited)
- *A Place for Lovers* (1968), Novel
- *Run, Psycho, Run* (1968), Screenplay, Director
- *Arabella* (1967), Writer
- *Domani non siamo piu' qui* (1967), Director, Writer
- *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md)
- *The Demon* (1964), Screenplay, Director, Story
- *The Hours of Love* (1963), as Cipriani
- *8½* (1963), Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/812.md)
- *Violent Life* (1962), Director, Screenplay
- *Boccaccio '70* (1962), Co-Writer
- *The Temptation of Dr. Antonio* (1962), Co-Writer
- *Escape by Night* (1960), Screenplay
- *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md)
- *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/nights-of-cabiria.md)
- *Scalo merci* (1953), Director
- *Europa '51* (1952), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/europa-51.md)
- *Times Gone By* (1952), Screenplay
- *The Flowers of St. Francis* (1950), Screenplay, Assistant Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1964: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *8½*
- 1962: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *La Dolce Vita*

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

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