--- name: "Tullio Pinelli" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tullio-pinelli" fi1m_id: "tullio-pinelli" imdb_id: "nm0684083" tmdb_id: 5396 wikidata_id: "Q545378" roles: ["Writer"] born: "24 June 1908" died: "7 March 2009" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_as: "writer" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-26T15:43:10.143722+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." --- # Tullio Pinelli ## Identity Tullio Pinelli - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tullio-pinelli - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** tullio-pinelli - **IMDb ID:** nm0684083 - **TMDB ID:** 5396 - **Wikidata ID:** Q545378 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Pinelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684083/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5396 Writer. Born 24 June 1908 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Died 7 March 2009. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 24 June 1908, Turin, Piedmont, Italy - **Died:** 7 March 2009 - **Active:** 1957–1965 - **Also known as:** T. Pinelli - **Frequently works with:** [Brunello Rondi](https://film.one/person/brunello-rondi.md), [Ennio Flaiano](https://film.one/person/ennio-flaiano.md), [Federico Fellini](https://film.one/person/federico-fellini.md), [Angelo Rizzoli](https://film.one/person/angelo-rizzoli.md), [Anouk Aimée](https://film.one/person/anouk-aimee.md), [Giulietta Masina](https://film.one/person/giulietta-masina.md), [Marcello Mastroianni](https://film.one/person/marcello-mastroianni.md), [Pier Paolo Pasolini](https://film.one/person/pier-paolo-pasolini.md) - **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscar nominations - **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 88 (1), 1960s 82 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 89 to 83 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $20m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Pinelli, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545378, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0684083/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5396 ## 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 Tullio Pinelli was an Italian screenwriter and playwright. Born in Turin, he trained as a lawyer and worked in the theatre before turning to film in the mid-1940s. He met Federico Fellini in 1946 and began a long collaboration that produced many of the director’s best-known films. Pinelli contributed to the screenplays of *I Vitelloni* (1953), *La Strada* (1954), *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), *La Dolce Vita* (1960) and *8½* (1963), among others. He also wrote for directors including Alberto Lattuada, Pietro Germi and Mario Monicelli. From 1988 he was married to the actress Madeleine Lebeau. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, theguardian.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Fi1m 68, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md) - *8½* (1963), Fi1m 91, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/812.md) - *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Fi1m 88, Story, Screenplay — [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) ## Complete filmography (78) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Naples to New York* (2024), Story - *La storia di Cino* (2014), Writer - *My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began* (2011), Story - *Donna* (1996), series, Writer - *The Voice of the Moon* (1990), Co-Writer - *Mano rubata* (1989), Writer - *Let's Hope It's a Girl* (1986), Story, Screenplay - *Ginger and Fred* (1986), Screenplay - *My Friends Act III* (1985), Screenplay, Story - *Christopher Columbus* (1985), series, Writer - *Flipper* (1983), series, Screenplay - *My Friends Act II* (1982), Story, Screenplay - *The Voice* (1982), Writer - *The Marquis of Grillo* (1981), Screenplay, Story - *The Possessed Hand* (1981), Screenplay - *Lovers and Liars* (1979), Story, Screenplay - *My Friends* (1975), Story, Screenplay - *Down the Ancient Stairs* (1975), Screenplay - *Il giovane Garibaldi* (1974), series, Writer, Teleplay - *Amore e ginnastica* (1973), Writer - *Eleonora* (1973), series, Screenplay, Writer - *Alfredo, Alfredo* (1972), Story, Screenplay - *Il marchese di Roccaverdina* (1972), series, Teleplay - *A Pocketful of Chestnuts* (1970), Story, Screenplay - *Check to the Queen* (1969), Writer - *Help Me, My Love* (1969), Screenplay - *How, When, and with Whom* (1969), Screenplay - *Sweet Charity* (1969), Original Story - *Serafino* (1968), Story, Screenplay - *Galileo* (1968), Story, Screenplay - *L'incoronazione di Carlo Magno* (1968), Screenplay - *The Climax* (1967), Story, Screenplay - *Francis of Assisi* (1966), Screenplay - *Juliet of the Spirits* (1965), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-of-the-spirits.md) - *The Three Faces* (1965), Writer - *The Dolls* (1965), Screenplay - *Il gaucho* (1964), Screenplay, Story - *Secret Violence* (1963), Writer - *8½* (1963), Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/812.md) - *Careless* (1962), Writer - *The Steppe* (1962), Writer - *Boccaccio '70* (1962), Screenplay - *The Temptation of Dr. Antonio* (1962), Screenplay - *Scano Boa* (1961), Writer - *Adua and Her Friends* (1960), Screenplay - *La Dolce Vita* (1960), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/la-dolce-vita.md) - *Herod the Great* (1959), Story - *Fortunella* (1958), Screenplay, Story - *Nights of Cabiria* (1957), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/nights-of-cabiria.md) - *The Swindle* (1955), Story, Screenplay - *Cartouche* (1955), Story - *The Lovers of Manon Lescaut* (1954), Screenplay - *La Strada* (1954), Screenplay, Dialogue, Story - *Pietà per chi cade* (1954), Screenplay - *Love in the City* (1953), Writer - *Traviata 53* (1953), Script, Screenplay - *I Vitelloni* (1953), Story - *Riscatto - Tu sei il mio giudice* (1953), Screenplay - *Voice of Silence* (1953), Screenplay - *The Bandit of Tacca del Lupo* (1952), Adaptation, Story, Screenplay - *The White Sheik* (1952), Screenplay, Story - *Position Wanted* (1951), Screenplay - *The City Defends Itself* (1951), Screenplay, Story - *Variety Lights* (1950), Screenplay - *The Path of Hope* (1950), Story, Screenplay - *The Mill on the Po* (1949), Screenplay - *The Earth Cries Out* (1949), Story - *In the Name of the Law* (1949), Screenplay - *L'Amore* (1948), Screenplay - *Without Pity* (1948), Story, Screenplay - *How I Lost the War* (1947), Screenplay - *Il passatore* (1947), Screenplay - *Fatalità* (1947), Screenplay - *The Bandit* (1946), Screenplay - *The Adulteress* (1946), Screenstory - *The Misery of Mr. Travet* (1945), Screenplay - *La signora è servita* (1945), Screenplay - *In cerca di felicità* (1944), Screenplay ## Gallery - ![1920, Il Sottotenente Tullio Pinelli (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/59986/gallery-a1022e134b91.jpg) 1920, Il Sottotenente Tullio Pinelli (2012) — Csmsse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/1920%2C_Il_Sottotenente_Tullio_Pinelli.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Tullio Pinelli](https://film.one/media/person/59986/gallery-a63a40f80ac5.jpg) Tullio Pinelli — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Photo_The_screenwriter_Tullio_Pinelli_with_actresses_and_actors_during_the_filming_of_Lo_sceicco_bianco%2C_a_1952_film_directed_by_Federico_Fellini_1952_-_Touring_Club_Italiano_04_1438.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![l'autore nel suo studio. Roma 2007](https://film.one/media/person/59986/gallery-1fb94ee0e79c.jpg) l'autore nel suo studio. Roma 2007 — pf pinelli roma, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Tullio-pinelli.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Tullio Pinelli negli anni della maturità (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/59986/gallery-1499e951a961.jpg) Tullio Pinelli negli anni della maturità (2012) — Csmsse, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Tullio1960.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 4 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* - 1957: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *La Strada* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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