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name: "Furio Scarpelli"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/furio-scarpelli"
fi1m_id: "furio-scarpelli"
imdb_id: "nm0769249"
tmdb_id: 5812
wikidata_id: "Q179982"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 December 1919"
died: "28 April 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T06:55:04.117331+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."
---

# Furio Scarpelli

## Identity

Furio Scarpelli

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/furio-scarpelli
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** furio-scarpelli
- **IMDb ID:** nm0769249
- **TMDB ID:** 5812
- **Wikidata ID:** Q179982
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furio_Scarpelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5812

Writer. Born 16 December 1919 in Rome, Italy. Died 28 April 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 December 1919, Rome, Italy
- **Died:** 28 April 2010
- **Active:** 1966–1994
- **Also known as:** F. Scarpelli, Age & Scarpelli
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 92 (1), 1990s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furio_Scarpelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0769249/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5812

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.md) (92)

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## Biography

Furio Scarpelli was an Italian screenwriter. Born in Rome on 16 December 1919, he began his career as a cartoonist and illustrator for satirical magazines during the Second World War. In 1949 he formed the writing partnership Age & Scarpelli with Agenore Incrocci, which lasted until the mid-1980s and produced scripts for more than 120 films.

Their collaborations include *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958), *The Great War* (1959) and *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* (1966). Scarpelli later worked with Ettore Scola on films such as *We All Loved Each Other So Much* (1974). He received three Academy Award nominations for screenplays: *The Organizer* (1963), *Casanova '70* (1965) and *Il Postino* (1994), the last written with his son Giacomo Scarpelli. Scarpelli died in Rome on 28 April 2010.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Postman* (1994), Fi1m 75, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-postman.md)
- *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* (1966), Fi1m 92, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.md)

## Complete filmography (141)

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

- *A Bookshop in Paris* (2021), Original Story
- *Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto* (2012), as Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)
- *Tormenti - Film disegnato* (2011), Screenplay
- *Christine Cristina* (2010), Screenplay
- *Napoleon and Me* (2006), Screenplay, Story
- *Baciami piccina* (2006), Screenplay
- *La buona battaglia – Don Pietro Pappagallo* (2006), series, Screenstory
- *Under a False Name* (2004), Thanks
- *All in That Night* (2004), Writer
- *Opopomoz* (2003), Screenplay
- *On the Tiger's Back* (2002), Original Film Writer
- *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002), Original Film Writer
- *Unfair Competition* (2001), Story, Screenplay
- *The Dinner* (1998), Writer
- *Ovosodo* (1997), Screenplay
- *Porzûs* (1997), Writer, Screenplay, Story, Script
- *Altri uomini* (1997), Screenplay
- *Un inverno freddo freddo* (1996), Story, Screenplay
- *Celluloide* (1996), Screenplay, Screenstory
- *Bandits: Love and Liberty* (1994), Writer
- *The Postman* (1994), Story — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-postman.md)
- *The Wicked* (1991), Story, Screenplay
- *The Voyage of Captain Fracassa* (1990), Screenplay
- *Time to Kill* (1989), Screenplay
- *The Family* (1987), Story, Screenplay
- *Soldati - 365 all'alba* (1987), Screenplay
- *Macaroni* (1985), Story, Screenplay
- *My Dearest Son* (1985), Story
- *Madman at War* (1985), Writer
- *Cuori nella tormenta* (1984), Screenplay
- *A Boy and a Girl* (1984), Screenplay
- *Il tassinaro* (1983), Story, Screenplay
- *Le Bal* (1983), Writer, Scenario Writer
- *Spaghetti House* (1982), Screenplay, Story
- *Portrait of a Nude Woman* (1981), Screenplay
- *Habibi, amor mío* (1981), Writer
- *Hotel Room* (1981), Screenplay, Story
- *The Terrace* (1980), Story, Screenplay
- *Hurricane Rosie* (1980), Story, Screenplay
- *Gros câlin* (1979), Writer
- *Where Are You Going on Holiday?* (1978), Screenplay, Story
- *Double Murder* (1977), Screenplay
- *The New Monsters* (1977), Story, Screenplay
- *Keep It To Yourself!* (1976), Screenplay, Story
- *Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen* (1976), Story, Screenplay
- *The Sunday Woman* (1975), Screenplay
- *We All Loved Each Other So Much* (1974), Screenplay, Story
- *Come Home and Meet My Wife* (1974), Screenplay, Story
- *Teresa the Thief* (1973), Screenplay
- *We Want the Colonels* (1973), Screenplay, Story
- *Without Family* (1972), Story, Screenplay
- *In the Name of the Italian People* (1971), Screenplay, Story
- *That's How We Women Are* (1971), Screenplay
- *Brancaleone at the Crusades* (1970), Story, Screenplay
- *Operation Snafu* (1970), Story, Screenplay
- *A Drama of Jealousy (and other things)* (1970), Screenplay
- *Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa?* (1968), Screenplay
- *Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses* (1968), Screenplay, Story
- *Caprice Italian Style* (1968), Writer
- *The Tiger and the Pussycat* (1967), Story, Screenplay
- *The Witches* (1967), Screenplay, Story
- *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly* (1966), Screenplay — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly.md)
- *Our Husbands* (1966), Story, Screenplay
- *For Love and Gold* (1966), Screenplay, Story
- *Me, Me, Me... and the Others* (1966), Screenplay
- *The Birds, the Bees and the Italians* (1966), Screenplay
- *Complexes* (1965), Story
- *Casanova '70* (1965), Screenplay, Story
- *Summer Frenzy* (1964), Screenplay
- *Seduced and Abandoned* (1964), Screenplay
- *High Infidelity* (1964), Story, Screenplay
- *The Teacher from Vigevano* (1963), Screenplay
- *The Monsters* (1963), Story, Screenplay
- *The Organizer* (1963), Screenplay, Story
- *March on Rome* (1962), Story, Screenplay
- *Mafioso* (1962), Screenplay
- *Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino* (1962), Story
- *The Police Commissioner* (1962), Story, Screenplay
- *On the Tiger's Back* (1961), Story, Dialogue, Screenplay
- *The Best of Enemies* (1961), Screenplay
- *Everybody Go Home!* (1960), Dialogue, Screenplay, Story
- *The Passionate Thief* (1960), Story, Screenplay
- *Il principe fusto* (1960), Writer
- *Love and Larceny* (1960), Story
- *Fiasco in Milan* (1959), Story, Screenplay
- *The Great War* (1959), Story, Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura* (1959), Story, Screenplay
- *First Love* (1959), Story, Screenplay
- *The Law Is the Law* (1958), Screenplay
- *Totò, Peppino e le fanatiche* (1958), Screenplay, Story
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958), Story, Screenplay
- *March's Child* (1958), Screenplay
- *Doctor and the Healer* (1957), Screenplay, Story
- *It Happened in Rome* (1957), Story, Screenplay
- *Fathers and Sons* (1957), Story, Screenplay
- *Peccato di castità* (1956), Screenplay
- *Time of Vacation* (1956), Screenplay
- *A Mink Coat* (1956), Screenplay
- *The Band of Honest Men* (1956), Story, Screenplay
- *The Bigamist* (1956), Screenplay
- *Roman Tales* (1955), Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Bravissimo* (1955), Story, Screenplay
- *Toto and Carolina* (1955), Screenplay
- *The Young Ladies of 04* (1955), Screenplay, Story
- *Casta diva* (1954), Story, Screenplay
- *House of Ricordi* (1954), Screenplay, Story
- *The Anatomy of Love* (1954), Story
- *Ridere! Ridere! Ridere!* (1954), Screenplay
- *It Happened in the Park* (1953), Screenplay
- *Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco* (1953), Screenplay
- *Cinema of yesteryear* (1953), Story, Screenplay
- *Ghost Captain* (1953), Screenplay
- *Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!* (1953), Screenplay
- *Neopolitans in Milan* (1953), Story, Screenplay
- *Saluti e baci* (1953), Story, Screenplay
- *L'Incantevole nemica* (1953), Story
- *Toto and the Women* (1952), Story, Screenplay
- *Ragazze da marito* (1952), Story, Screenplay
- *I tre corsari* (1952), Screenplay
- *Il segreto delle tre punte* (1952), Story, Screenplay
- *Totó in color* (1952), Screenplay
- *L'eroe sono io* (1952), Story, Screenplay
- *Una bruna indiavolata!* (1951), Story
- *O.K. Nero* (1951), Screenplay
- *Position Wanted* (1951), Screenplay
- *Rome-Paris-Rome* (1951), Story, Screenplay
- *Seven Hours of Troubles* (1951), Screenplay
- *Greetings and sons!* (1951), Story, Screenplay
- *Toto the Third Man* (1951), Screenplay
- *Milano miliardaria* (1951), Screenplay, Story
- *Ours are coming* (1951), Screenplay, Story
- *47 Talking Corpses* (1950), Screenplay
- *Toto the Sheik* (1950), Screenplay, Story
- *Tototarzan* (1950), Screenplay
- *Figaro qua... Figaro là* (1950), Story, Screenplay
- *I cadetti di Guascogna* (1950), Screenplay, Story
- *Il vedovo allegro* (1950), Screenplay
- *Vivere a sbafo* (1950), Writer
- *Totò Looking for Wife* (1950), Screenplay, Story
- *Totò le Mokò* (1949), Story, Screenplay
- *Totò Looking for a House* (1949), Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1996: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Il Postino: The Postman*
- 1966: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Casanova 70*
- 1965: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *The Organizer*

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2001: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Unfair Competition*
- Best Screenplay Award 1980: Best Screenplay Award (won), for *La terrazza*

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

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