--- name: "Ennio Flaiano" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ennio-flaiano" fi1m_id: "ennio-flaiano" imdb_id: "nm0280919" tmdb_id: 5397 wikidata_id: "Q222791" roles: ["Writer"] born: "5 March 1910" died: "20 November 1972" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 85 average_as: "writer" average_over: 5 updated: "2026-09-26T15:43:10.141129+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." --- # Ennio Flaiano ## Identity Ennio Flaiano - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ennio-flaiano - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ennio-flaiano - **IMDb ID:** nm0280919 - **TMDB ID:** 5397 - **Wikidata ID:** Q222791 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Flaiano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q222791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280919/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5397 Writer. Born 5 March 1910 in Pescara, Abruzzi, Italy. Died 20 November 1972. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 5 March 1910, Pescara, Abruzzi, Italy - **Died:** 20 November 1972 - **Active:** 1953–1965 - **Also known as:** Giovanni Rota, Ennio Flajano, Эннио Флайяно, Эннио Флайано - **Frequently works with:** [Brunello Rondi](https://film.one/person/brunello-rondi.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), [Marcello Mastroianni](https://film.one/person/marcello-mastroianni.md), [Anouk Aimée](https://film.one/person/anouk-aimee.md), [Giulietta Masina](https://film.one/person/giulietta-masina.md), [Pier Paolo Pasolini](https://film.one/person/pier-paolo-pasolini.md) - **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations - **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 5 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (2), 1960s 82 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 89 to 84 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 4, Fantasy 1, Romance 1 - **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $32m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio_Flaiano, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q222791, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0280919/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5397 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*8½*](https://film.one/film/812.md) (91), [*Juliet of the Spirits*](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md) (68) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ennio Flaiano (5 March 1910 – 20 November 1972) was an Italian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, journalist and drama critic. Born in Pescara, he died in Rome. He is best known for his screenwriting collaborations with Federico Fellini. Flaiano co-wrote ten screenplays with Fellini, often with Tullio Pinelli, including *La Strada* (1954), *La Dolce Vita* (1960) and *8½* (1963). He also contributed to *La Notte* (1961), *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965) and *The 10th Victim* (1965), and worked on *Roman Holiday* (1953). Trained as an architect, Flaiano began in journalism before turning to screenplays after the Second World War. His novel *Tempo di uccidere* (1947; *A Time to Kill*) won the inaugural Strega Prize. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) - *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md) - *8½* (1963), Fi1m 91, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/812.md) - *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Fi1m 88, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md) - *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Fi1m 88, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/nights-of-cabiria.md) - *Roman Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 88, Script Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md) ## Complete filmography (65) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Final Inquiry* (2007), Original Story - *Time to Kill* (1989), Novel - *The Inquiry* (1986), Story - *Un marziano a Roma* (1983), Screenplay, Theatre Play - *Liza* (1972), Writer, Novel - *Red Hot Shot* (1970), Screenplay - *Alive or Preferably Dead* (1969), Story - *Sweet Charity* (1969), Original Story - *The Protagonists* (1968), Screenplay - *The Oldest Profession* (1967), Writer - *Me, Me, Me... and the Others* (1966), Screenplay - *The 10th Victim* (1965), Screenplay - *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md) - *Rapture* (1965), Screenplay - *Run for Your Wife* (1965), Screenplay - *Tonio Kröger* (1964), Writer - *The Executioner* (1963), Screenplay - *8½* (1963), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/812.md) - *Boccaccio '70* (1962), Screenplay - *The Temptation of Dr. Antonio* (1962), Screenplay - *Ghosts of Rome* (1961), Screenplay, Story - *La Notte* (1961), Story, Screenplay - *Love in Rome* (1960), Screenplay - *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md) - *Love on the Riviera* (1958), Story, Screenplay - *Piece of the Sky* (1958), Co-Writer - *Fortunella* (1958), Screenplay, Story - *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/nights-of-cabiria.md) - *The Rocket from Calabuch* (1956), Screenplay - *What a Woman!* (1956), Story, Screenplay - *The Last Paradise* (1955), Screenplay - *The Swindle* (1955), Screenplay, Story - *Lost Continent* (1955), Writer - *The Sign of Venus* (1955), Screenplay - *Toto and Carolina* (1955), Story - *Woman of the River* (1954), Story - *Too Bad She's Bad* (1954), Screenplay, Story - *Camilla* (1954), Story, Screenplay - *Woman of Rome* (1954), Screenplay - *La Strada* (1954), Co-Writer - *Modern Virgin* (1954), Screenplay - *Romeo and Juliet* (1954), as Prince of Verona - *The Anatomy of Love* (1954), Screenplay - *Where Is Freedom?* (1954), Screenplay - *Clothing the Naked* (1954), Writer - *Daughters of Destiny* (1954), Writer - *It Happened in the Park* (1953), Screenplay, Story - *Cavalcade of Song* (1953), Writer - *I Vitelloni* (1953), Story, Screenplay - *Roman Holiday* (1953), Script Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md) - *Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice* (1953), Writer - *The World Condemns Them* (1953), Screenplay - *The White Sheik* (1952), Screenplay - *Cops and Robbers* (1951), Screenplay - *Paris Is Always Paris* (1951), Screenplay, Dialogue - *Variety Lights* (1950), Screenplay - *The chastity belt* (1950), Story - *Escape to France* (1948), Screenplay, Story - *Il vento m'ha cantato una canzone* (1947), Screenplay - *Rome: Free City* (1946), as Il questorino (uncredited) · Story - *Professor, My Son* (1946), as Un insegnante - *La freccia nel fianco* (1945), Screenplay - *L'abito nero da sposa* (1945), Screenplay - *Vivere ancora* (1945), Screenplay - *The Story of the Pope* (1942), Screenplay ## Gallery - ![Ennio Flaiano](https://film.one/media/person/59985/gallery-62e411edaaa0.jpg) Ennio Flaiano — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/EnnioFlaiano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Dedica di Ennio Flaiano sul suo libro "Tempo di uccidere", Longanesi, terza edizione, 1963. La dedica è datata agosto 1970 (coll. Fausta Samaritani-autografi) (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/59985/gallery-a08cf88d5dfd.png) Dedica di Ennio Flaiano sul suo libro "Tempo di uccidere", Longanesi, terza edizione, 1963. La dedica è datata agosto 1970 (coll. Fausta Samaritani-autografi) (2019) — Fausta Samaritani, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ennio_Flaiano-Tempo_di_uccidere-dedica-coll._Fausta_Samaritani.png/1280px-Ennio_Flaiano-Tempo_di_uccidere-dedica-coll._Fausta_Samaritani.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated - 1964: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *8½* - 1962: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *La Dolce Vita* - 1958: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *I Vitelloni* ### Other awards — 1 won - Strega Prize 1947: Strega Prize (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ennio-flaiano