---
name: "Suso Cecchi d'Amico"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/suso-cecchi-damico"
fi1m_id: "suso-cecchi-damico"
imdb_id: "nm0147599"
tmdb_id: 24658
wikidata_id: "Q268443"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 July 1914"
died: "30 July 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-26T15:00:30.676813+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."
---

# Suso Cecchi d'Amico

## Identity

Suso Cecchi d'Amico

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/suso-cecchi-damico
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** suso-cecchi-damico
- **IMDb ID:** nm0147599
- **TMDB ID:** 24658
- **Wikidata ID:** Q268443
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suso_Cecchi_d%27Amico, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147599/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24658

Writer. Born 21 July 1914 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Died 30 July 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 July 1914, Rome, Lazio, Italy
- **Died:** 30 July 2010
- **Active:** 1948–1986
- **Also known as:** Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Suso d'Amico
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 writing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Luchino Visconti](https://film.one/person/luchino-visconti.md), [Alain Delon](https://film.one/person/alain-delon.md), [Enrico Medioli](https://film.one/person/enrico-medioli.md), [Goffredo Lombardo](https://film.one/person/goffredo-lombardo.md), [Massimo Franciosa](https://film.one/person/massimo-franciosa.md), [Pasquale Festa Campanile](https://film.one/person/pasquale-festa-campanile.md), [Rina Morelli](https://film.one/person/rina-morelli.md)
- **Venice Film Festival:** 1 Venice prize (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 93 (1), 1950s 84 (2), 1960s 88 (1), 1980s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, Comedy 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $12m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suso_Cecchi_d%27Amico, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268443, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0147599/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/24658

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Bicycle Thieves*](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md) (93), [*Senso*](https://film.one/film/senso.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Suso Cecchi d'Amico (1914–2010) was an Italian screenwriter. She contributed to the scripts of more than 100 films over a career spanning six decades and was among the first women to work in the profession in Italy. She helped pioneer the neorealist movement and collaborated with many leading post-war directors.

Born Giovanna Cecchi in Rome, she began screenwriting after the Second World War. Her credits include *Bicycle Thieves* (1948) for Vittorio De Sica, *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958) for Mario Monicelli, and a long series of films for Luchino Visconti, among them *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960) and *The Leopard* (1963). She also worked on *Roman Holiday* (1953) and *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977).

Cecchi d'Amico received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 1994 Venice Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *The Leopard* (1963), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md)
- *Senso* (1954), Fi1m 79, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)
- *Roman Holiday* (1953), Fi1m 88, Script Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md)
- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Fi1m 93, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Caravaggio* (1986), Fi1m 79, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)

## Complete filmography (115)

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

- *Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso* (2009), Actor
- *The Final Inquiry* (2007), Original Story
- *Raul - Right to Kill* (2005), Screenplay
- *Welcome to Collinwood* (2002), Original Film Writer
- *Sono solo un artigiano* (2001), Actor
- *Come quando fuori piove* (2000), series, Screenplay, Creator
- *The Sky Is Falling* (2000), Screenplay
- *My Voyage to Italy* (1999), Writer
- *Dirty Linen* (1999), Story, Screenplay
- *La stanza dello Scirocco* (1998), Story
- *Bruno aspetta in macchina* (1996), Screenstory
- *Looking for Paradise* (1995), Screenplay
- *A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota* (1994), Writer
- *Dear Goddamned Friends* (1994), Screenplay
- *La fine è nota* (1993), Screenplay
- *Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations* (1992), Screenplay
- *Rossini! Rossini!* (1991), Screenplay, Story
- *Una prova d'innocenza* (1991), Writer
- *Dark Illness* (1990), Screenplay
- *12 Directors for 12 Cities* (1989), Writer
- *La moglie ingenua e il marito malato* (1989), Writer
- *Private Affairs* (1987), Story, Screenplay
- *I picari* (1987), Screenplay, Story
- *Dark Eyes* (1987), Co-Writer
- *History* (1986), series, Writer
- *The Inquiry* (1986), Story
- *Caravaggio* (1986), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)
- *Let's Hope It's a Girl* (1986), Screenplay
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later* (1985), Screenplay, Story
- *The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal* (1985), Story, Screenplay
- *Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno* (1984), Story, Screenplay
- *Uno scandalo perbene* (1984), Writer, Story
- *Cuore* (1984), series, Screenplay
- *Lighea* (1983), Screenplay
- *Vita di Antonio Gramsci* (1981), series, Teleplay
- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1977), series, Writer
- *Dimmi che fai tutto per me* (1976), Story
- *Dear Michele* (1976), Screenplay
- *The Innocent* (1976), Screenplay
- *Prete, fai un miracolo* (1975), Screenplay
- *Conversation Piece* (1974), Screenplay
- *Amore amaro* (1974), Writer
- *Amore e ginnastica* (1973), Writer
- *Ludwig* (1973), Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1972), Screenplay
- *Why* (1972), Writer
- *Devil in the Brain* (1972), Screenplay
- *The Adventures of Pinocchio* (1972), series, Screenplay
- *Brother Sun, Sister Moon* (1972), Screenplay
- *Lady Liberty* (1971), Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Metello* (1970), Screenplay
- *Unknown Woman* (1969), Screenplay
- *Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence* (1969), Story, Screenplay
- *Man, Pride and Vengeance* (1967), Writer
- *The Stranger* (1967), Screenplay
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (1967), Screenplay
- *Shoot Loud, Louder... I Don't Understand* (1966), Screenplay
- *The Queens* (1966), Screenplay
- *Me, Me, Me... and the Others* (1966), Screenplay
- *Sandra* (1965), Story, Screenplay
- *Casanova '70* (1965), Screenplay, Story
- *Time of Indifference* (1964), Screenplay
- *The Leopard* (1963), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-leopard.md)
- *The Four Truths* (1962), Writer
- *Salvatore Giuliano* (1962), Screenplay, Story
- *Boccaccio '70* (1962), as (segment "Renzo e Luciana") (uncredited) · Screenplay
- *The Best of Enemies* (1961), Screenplay
- *The Wastrel* (1961), Writer
- *The Passionate Thief* (1960), Story, Screenplay
- *Rocco and His Brothers* (1960), Screenplay, Dialogue, Story
- *La contessa azzurra* (1960), Screenplay
- *It Started in Naples* (1960), Screenplay
- *Violent Summer* (1959), Co-Writer
- *The Swindlers* (1959), Screenplay, Story
- *Hell in the City* (1959), Screenplay
- *The Challenge* (1958), Screenplay, Story
- *Big Deal on Madonna Street* (1958), Screenplay
- *Husbands in the City* (1957), Story, Screenplay
- *White Nights* (1957), Story, Screenplay
- *The Window to Luna Park* (1957), Story, Screenplay
- *Kean: Genius or Scoundrel* (1957), Screenplay
- *Defend My Love* (1956), Story
- *What a Woman!* (1956), Screenplay, Story
- *Le Amiche* (1955), Screenplay
- *Forbidden* (1955), Screenplay
- *Too Bad She's Bad* (1954), Story, Screenplay
- *The Cheerful Squadron* (1954), Screenplay
- *Graziella* (1954), Screenplay
- *Senso* (1954), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/senso.md)
- *The Anatomy of Love* (1954), Screenplay
- *We, the Women* (1953), Screenplay
- *The Vanquished* (1953), Story, Screenplay
- *Roman Holiday* (1953), Script Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/roman-holiday.md)
- *Eager to Live* (1953), Screenplay
- *The World Condemns Them* (1953), Screenplay
- *The Lady Without Camelias* (1953), Screenplay
- *Times Gone By* (1952), Screenplay
- *The City Stands Trial* (1952), Screenplay
- *Red Shirts - Anita Garibaldi* (1952), Screenplay
- *Hello Elephant* (1952), Story, Screenplay
- *Bellissima* (1952), Screenplay
- *Honeymoon Deferred* (1951), Story
- *Miracle in Milan* (1951), Co-Writer
- *All for Love* (1950), Writer
- *Twelve Hours to Live* (1950), Screenplay
- *It's Forever Springtime* (1950), Writer
- *Pact with the Devil* (1950), Writer
- *The Walls of Malapaga* (1949), Screenplay
- *Heaven Over the Marshes* (1949), Screenplay
- *Guaglio* (1948), Story, Screenplay
- *Bicycle Thieves* (1948), Screenplay — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/bicycle-thieves.md)
- *Flesh Will Surrender* (1947), Screenplay
- *To Live in Peace* (1947), Story, Screenplay
- *Rome: Free City* (1946), Screenplay
- *Professor, My Son* (1946), Story, Screenplay

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1966: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Casanova 70*

### Venice Film Festival — 1 won

- 1994: Lifetime Achievement (won)

### Other awards — 3 won

- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 1996: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (won)
- David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement 1980: David di Donatello Award for Lifetime Achievement (won)
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay 1949: Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay (won), for *Bicycle Thieves*

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

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