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name: "Franco Solinas"
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fi1m_id: "franco-solinas"
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tmdb_id: 71416
wikidata_id: "Q3751607"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 January 1927"
died: "14 September 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:33:28.905280+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."
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# Franco Solinas

## Identity

Franco Solinas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/franco-solinas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** franco-solinas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0758357
- **TMDB ID:** 71416
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3751607
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Solinas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3751607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71416

Writer. Born 19 January 1927 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. Died 14 September 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 January 1927, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
- **Died:** 14 September 1982
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Solinas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3751607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758357/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71416

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Battle of Algiers*](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md) (93)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Franco Solinas (19 January 1927 – 14 September 1982) was an Italian screenwriter and writer. Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, he began his career in journalism and published the novel *Squarciò* in 1956 before moving into film writing in the early 1950s.

He is best known for his work with director Gillo Pontecorvo, including the screenplays for *Kapò* (1960), *The Battle of Algiers* (1966) and *Burn!* (1969). Solinas also wrote or contributed to *Salvatore Giuliano* (1962), *A Bullet for the General* (1967), *The Big Gundown* (1967), *The Mercenary* (1968), *State of Siege* (1972), *Mr. Klein* (1976) and *Hanna K.* (1983). *The Battle of Algiers* received three Academy Award nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Battle of Algiers* (1966), Fi1m 93, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Hanna K.* (1983), Writer
- *Mr. Klein* (1976), Screenplay
- *The Suspect* (1975), Screenplay
- *State of Siege* (1972), Writer, Scenario Writer
- *The Assassination of Trotsky* (1972), Screenplay
- *Burn!* (1969), Story, Screenplay
- *Tepepa* (1969), Screenplay
- *The Mercenary* (1968), Story
- *The Big Gundown* (1967), Story
- *A Bullet for the General* (1967), Adaptation, Writer
- *The Battle of Algiers* (1966), Writer, Story — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/the-battle-of-algiers.md)
- *The Camp Followers* (1965), Writer
- *Violent Life* (1962), Screenplay
- *Salvatore Giuliano* (1962), Story, Screenplay
- *Madame* (1961), Novel, Screenplay
- *Vanina Vanini* (1961), Adaptation, Screenplay
- *Kapo* (1960), Screenplay
- *The Love Specialist* (1957), Co-Writer
- *The Wide Blue Road* (1957), Novel, Screenplay
- *Engaged to Death* (1957), Writer
- *The Wind Rose* (1957), Screenplay
- *Beautiful But Dangerous* (1955), Screenplay
- *Giovanna* (1955), Writer
- *Di qua, di là del Piave* (1954), Screenplay
- *Behind Closed Shutters* (1951), Screenplay, Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1969: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Battle of Algiers*

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

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