--- name: "Leonardo Benvenuti" canonical: "https://film.one/person/leonardo-benvenuti" fi1m_id: "leonardo-benvenuti" imdb_id: "nm0073053" tmdb_id: 4664 wikidata_id: "Q1134748" roles: ["Writer"] born: "8 September 1923" died: "3 November 2000" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T23:14:36.696288+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." --- # Leonardo Benvenuti ## Identity Leonardo Benvenuti - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leonardo-benvenuti - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** leonardo-benvenuti - **IMDb ID:** nm0073053 - **TMDB ID:** 4664 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1134748 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Benvenuti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4664 Writer. Born 8 September 1923 in Firenze, Italy. Died 3 November 2000. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 8 September 1923, Firenze, Italy - **Died:** 3 November 2000 - **Also known as:** Leo Benvenuti - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Benvenuti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1134748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073053/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4664 ## Biography Leonardo Benvenuti, also credited as Leo Benvenuti, was an Italian screenwriter. He was born in Florence on 8 September 1923 and died in Rome on 3 November 2000. Benvenuti frequently collaborated with Piero De Bernardi over a career spanning more than five decades. Their joint credits include *Marriage Italian Style* (1964), *My Friends* (1975) and its sequels, several entries in the *Fantozzi* series, *Bianco, rosso e Verdone* (1981), *The Marquis of Grillo* (1981) and *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984). He also worked on films directed by Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Vittorio De Sica and others. *Sources: catalog.afi.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Fi1m 81, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md) ## Complete filmography (143) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began* (2011), Story - *Ogni lasciato è perso* (2001), Screenplay, Idea, Story, Writer - *Teste di cocco* (2000), Writer - *Come quando fuori piove* (2000), series, Screenplay, Creator - *Bagnomaria* (1999), Screenplay, Story - *Gallo cedrone* (1998), Screenplay, Story - *Finalmente soli* (1997), Writer - *Fantozzi The Return* (1996), Screenplay - *The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics* (1996), Screenplay - *Looking for Paradise* (1995), Screenplay - *Honeymoon Trips* (1995), Screenplay, Story - *The New Comics* (1994), Story, Screenplay - *Dear Goddamned Friends* (1994), Screenplay - *The Heroes* (1994), Screenplay - *Fantozzi in Heaven* (1993), Screenplay, Story - *Caino e Caino* (1993), Writer - *Ricky & Barabba* (1992), Screenplay - *Al lupo, al lupo* (1992), Screenplay, Story - *Ciao, Professore!* (1992), Screenplay, Story - *The Comics 2* (1991), Screenplay, Story - *Piedipiatti* (1991), Screenplay - *Fantozzi to the Rescue* (1990), Story, Screenplay - *Tonight at Alice's* (1990), Screenplay, Story - *The Comics* (1990), Screenplay, Story - *I Wanted Pants* (1990), Screenplay - *Sandino* (1990), Screenplay - *Il bambino e il poliziotto* (1989), Story, Screenplay - *The Sleazy Uncle* (1989), Screenplay - *I Won the New Year's Lottery* (1989), Screenplay, Story - *Fantozzi Retires* (1988), Screenplay, Story - *Compagni di scuola* (1988), Story, Screenplay - *The Big Fox* (1988), Screenplay - *My Sister and I* (1987), Story, Screenplay - *I picari* (1987), Screenplay, Story - *Us Real Men, We Hard Men* (1987), Story, Screenplay - *Super Fantozzi* (1986), Screenplay, Story - *7 Kilos in 7 Days* (1986), Screenplay, Story - *The Lieutenant of the Carabinieri* (1986), Story, Screenplay - *Let's Hope It's a Girl* (1986), Screenplay - *My Friends Act III* (1985), Story, Screenplay - *Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno* (1984), Story, Screenplay - *I due carabinieri* (1984), Story, Screenplay - *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984), Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-america.md) - *Fantozzi Still Suffers* (1983), Story, Screenplay - *Petomaniac* (1983), Writer - *Two of a Kind* (1983), Story, Screenplay - *My Friends Act II* (1982), Screenplay, Story - *The Marquis of Grillo* (1981), Screenplay, Story - *Fracchia The Human Beast* (1981), Screenplay - *Bianco, rosso e Verdone* (1981), Story, Screenplay - *Fantozzi Against the Wind* (1980), Screenplay - *La locandiera* (1980), Writer - *The Terrace* (1980), as Terrace Guest - *Fun Is Beautiful* (1980), Story, Screenplay - *Tesoromio* (1979), Screenplay - *I viaggiatori della sera* (1979), as Sandro Zefferi - *Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot* (1979), Story, Screenplay - *Lovers and Liars* (1979), Screenplay - *Professor Kranz german in Germany* (1978), Writer - *The Bishop's Bedroom* (1977), Screenplay - *Strange Occasion* (1976), Screenplay - *Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen* (1976), Story, Screenplay - *The Second Tragic Fantozzi* (1976), Screenplay - *Chi dice donna, dice donna* (1976), Writer - *The Flower in His Mouth* (1975), Screenplay - *My Friends* (1975), Story, Screenplay - *Fantozzi: White Collar Blues* (1975), Screenplay - *While There's War There's Hope* (1974), Screenplay - *I'll Fix America and Be Right Back* (1974), Screenplay, Story - *Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?* (1974), Screenplay - *We'll Call Him Andrea* (1972), Co-Writer - *Alfredo, Alfredo* (1972), Story, Screenplay - *Don Camillo and the Contestants* (1972), Co-Writer - *In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain* (1971), Writer - *Trastevere* (1971), as Customs Officer (uncredited) - *Let's Arm Ourselves and Go!* (1971), Screenplay - *Between Miracles* (1971), Screenplay - *A Pocketful of Chestnuts* (1970), Story, Screenplay - *Let's Have a Riot* (1970), Story, Screenplay - *Serafino* (1968), Screenplay - *Find a Place to Die* (1968), Story - *Italian Secret Service* (1968), Screenplay, Story, Dialogue - *Ghosts, Italian Style* (1967), Screenplay - *Soldier's Girl* (1967), Screenplay - *Misunderstood* (1967), Screenplay - *Almost Perfect Crime* (1966), Screenplay - *A Matter of Honor* (1966), Screenplay - *Me, Me, Me... and the Others* (1966), Screenplay - *Don Camillo in Moscow* (1965), Screenplay - *Complexes* (1965), Screenplay - *The Camp Followers* (1965), Writer - *The Dolls* (1965), Screenplay - *Woman Is a Wonderful Thing* (1964), Screenplay - *Marriage Italian Style* (1964), Screenplay - *Controsesso* (1964), Screenplay - *Summer Frenzy* (1964), Screenplay - *I 4 tassisti* (1963), Story, Screenplay - *The Mystery of the Indian Temple* (1963), Writer - *Kali-Yug, Goddess of Vengeance* (1963), Writer - *Crazy Sea* (1963), Story, Screenplay - *Dal sabato al lunedì* (1963), Screenplay - *Imperial Venus* (1962), Writer - *Beauties on Motor Scooters* (1962), Screenplay - *The Joy of Living* (1961), Screenplay - *Girl with a Suitcase* (1961), Story, Screenplay - *You're on Your Own* (1959), Screenplay - *First Love* (1959), Screenplay - *Camping* (1958), Screenplay - *Man of Straw* (1958), Co-Writer - *The Mine* (1958), Screenplay - *Holiday Island* (1957), Screenplay, Story - *Guendalina* (1957), Screenplay - *Calypso* (1957), Writer - *Fathers and Sons* (1957), Screenplay - *Noi siamo le colonne* (1956), Screenplay - *The Awakening* (1956), Screenplay - *Four of the Thundering Jet* (1955), Writer - *Destinazione Piovarolo* (1955), Screenplay - *Friends for Life* (1955), Writer - *Figaro, il barbiere di Siviglia* (1955), Screenplay - *La trovatella di Milano* (1955), Adaptation - *The Girls of San Frediano* (1955), Screenplay - *Non scherzare con le donne* (1955), Writer - *The Seducer* (1954), Screenplay, Story - *House of Ricordi* (1954), Screenplay, Story - *Passionately* (1954), Screenplay - *100 Years of Love* (1954), Screenplay - *Giuseppe Verdi* (1953), Screenplay - *I Always Loved You* (1953), Screenplay - *Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco* (1953), Screenplay, Story - *Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!* (1953), Screenplay - *Farewell, My Beautiful Lady!* (1953), Screenplay - *Puccini* (1953), Story, Screenplay - *Son of the Hunchback* (1952), Screenplay - *La fiammata* (1952), Screenplay - *Napoleone* (1951), Screenplay, Story - *Il bivio* (1951), Screenplay, Story - *Il monello della strada* (1950), Screenplay, First Assistant Director, Story - *Capitan Demonio* (1950), Screenplay - *Come scopersi l'America* (1949), Writer - *The Last Supper* (1949), Writer - *L'eroe della strada* (1948), Screenplay, First Assistant Director - *How I Lost the War* (1947), Story, First Assistant Director, Screenplay --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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