---
name: "Ugo Chiti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ugo-chiti"
fi1m_id: "ugo-chiti"
imdb_id: "nm0158323"
tmdb_id: 72768
wikidata_id: "Q2474015"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 February 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T00:21:25.211266+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."
---

# Ugo Chiti

## Identity

Ugo Chiti

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ugo-chiti
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ugo-chiti
- **IMDb ID:** nm0158323
- **TMDB ID:** 72768
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2474015
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Chiti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2474015, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72768

Writer. Born 13 February 1943 in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Firenze.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 February 1943, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Firenze
- **Active:** 2008–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Massimo Gaudioso](https://film.one/person/massimo-gaudioso.md), [Matteo Garrone](https://film.one/person/matteo-garrone.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Chiti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2474015, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158323/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72768

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dogman*](https://film.one/film/dogman.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Ugo Chiti is an Italian screenwriter, playwright, stage director and film director. Born on 13 February 1943 in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Tuscany, he began his career in theatre in 1970 with Pier'Alli's Society for Theatre Research. He later founded the company Teatro in piazza, specialising in folk and dialect theatre, and collaborated with companies in Florence.

Chiti entered cinema as a costume and production designer before becoming a screenwriter with *Willy Signori e vengo da lontano* (1989) for Francesco Nuti. He collaborated frequently with Nuti, Alessandro Benvenuti and Giovanni Veronesi, and from 2003 has been a regular collaborator of Matteo Garrone. His screenwriting credits include *Gomorrah* (2008), *Tale of Tales* (2015), *Dogman* (2018) and *The Life Ahead* (2020). He has also directed films such as *Albergo Roma* (1996).

Chiti has received six David di Donatello awards for best screenplay, two Silver Ribbons, a Globo d'oro and a European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dogman* (2018), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *Gomorrah* (2008), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *The Illusion* (2025), Screenplay, Story
- *Mimì – Prince of Darkness* (2023), Writer
- *Through the Waves* (2022), Writer
- *Strangeness* (2022), Screenplay
- *Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti* (2020), Writer
- *The Life Ahead* (2020), Screenplay
- *Alone With Her Dreams* (2019), Writers' Assistant
- *Aria* (2018), Screenplay
- *Dogman* (2018), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dogman.md)
- *Si muore tutti democristiani* (2018), Scenario Writer, Script, Idea, Story, Screenplay, Writer
- *As Needed* (2018), Screenplay
- *The Stuff of Dreams* (2016), Screenplay
- *On Air: Storia di Un Successo* (2016), Screenplay, Idea, Story
- *Tale of Tales* (2015), Screenplay, Story
- *Basta poco* (2015), Screenplay, Idea, Story, Script, Writer
- *A Woman as a Friend* (2014), Story, Screenplay
- *The Fifth Wheel* (2013), Story, Screenplay
- *Aspirante vedovo* (2013), Screenplay
- *Reality* (2012), Screenplay
- *L'erede* (2011), Writer
- *The Ages of Love* (2011), Story, Screenplay
- *The Black Sheep* (2010), Story, Screenplay
- *Genitori & figli - Agitare bene prima dell'uso* (2010), Story, Screenplay
- *Black Sea* (2009), Screenplay
- *Italians* (2009), Story, Screenplay
- *No Problem* (2008), Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
- *Gomorrah* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gomorrah.md)
- *Manual of Love 2* (2007), Story, Screenplay
- *SMS: Sotto Mentite Spoglie* (2007), Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
- *The Manual of Love* (2005), Screenplay, Story
- *Ti spiace se bacio mamma?* (2003), Story, Screenplay
- *The Embalmer* (2002), Screenplay, Story
- *Caruso, zero in condotta* (2001), Script, Writer
- *I Love Andrea* (2000), Screenplay
- *The Second Wife* (1998), Director, Writer
- *I volontari* (1998), Writer
- *Il barbiere di Rio* (1996), Writer
- *Ritorno a casa Gori* (1996), Screenplay, Story
- *Hotel Rome* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Silenzio... si nasce* (1996), Story, Screenplay
- *Ivo il tardivo* (1995), Story, Screenplay
- *OcchioPinocchio* (1994), Story, Screenplay
- *Belle al bar* (1994), Story, Screenplay
- *Per amore, solo per amore* (1993), Story, Screenplay
- *Caino e Caino* (1993), Writer
- *Donne con le gonne* (1991), Writer, Production Design
- *Zitti e mosca* (1991), Writer
- *Benvenuti in casa Gori* (1990), Screenplay, Story, Theatre Play, Costume Design
- *Willy Signori e vengo da lontano* (1989), Screenplay, Production Design
- *Caruso Pascoski (di padre polacco)* (1988), Production Design
- *Maramao* (1987), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Stregati* (1986), Production Design
- *What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight* (1982), Costume Design
- *Ad ovest di Paperino* (1982), Production Design, Costume Design
- *Bebo's Girl* (1964), as Arnaldo
- *Brianza*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Ugo Chiti](https://film.one/media/person/100020/gallery-62175e8c176f.jpg) Ugo Chiti — User:Horcrux, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Ugo_Chiti%2C_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Visionaria 2007. Ugo Chiti e Pino Modica sul palco](https://film.one/media/person/100020/gallery-e6374c80d264.jpg) Visionaria 2007. Ugo Chiti e Pino Modica sul palco — opera propria, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/2007-Ugo_Chiti_e_Pino_Modica.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Uno scatto di Ugo Chiti, presso il Forte Belvedere a Firenze, durante le riprese di un documentario su Carlo Monni, diretto da Romeo Conte. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/100020/gallery-95c211f1bcaa.jpg) Uno scatto di Ugo Chiti, presso il Forte Belvedere a Firenze, durante le riprese di un documentario su Carlo Monni, diretto da Romeo Conte. (2023) — J.bucciantini, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ugo_Chiti_-_Forte_Belvedere_-_Firenze_-_settembre_2023_-_J.bucciantini.jpg/1280px-Ugo_Chiti_-_Forte_Belvedere_-_Firenze_-_settembre_2023_-_J.bucciantini.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Via vincenzo monti 10-12, villino giusti, di ugo chiti, 1909, 01.jpg](https://film.one/media/person/100020/gallery-97c65c129590.jpg) Via vincenzo monti 10-12, villino giusti, di ugo chiti, 1909, 01.jpg — sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Via_vincenzo_monti_10-12%2C_villino_giusti%2C_di_ugo_chiti%2C_1909%2C_01.jpg/1280px-Via_vincenzo_monti_10-12%2C_villino_giusti%2C_di_ugo_chiti%2C_1909%2C_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ugo Chiti](https://film.one/media/person/100020/gallery-22afd1de5585.jpg) Ugo Chiti — Image via TMDB
- ![Via vincenzo monti 10-12, villino giusti, di ugo chiti, 1909, balcone 03 mensola.JPG](https://film.one/media/person/100020/gallery-4fc0a745cedb.jpg) Via vincenzo monti 10-12, villino giusti, di ugo chiti, 1909, balcone 03 mensola.JPG — sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Via_vincenzo_monti_10-12%2C_villino_giusti%2C_di_ugo_chiti%2C_1909%2C_balcone_03_mensola.JPG/1280px-Via_vincenzo_monti_10-12%2C_villino_giusti%2C_di_ugo_chiti%2C_1909%2C_balcone_03_mensola.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won, 3 nominated

- European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Dogman*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2018: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *Dogman*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2018: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Dogman*
- European Film Award for Best Film 2008: European Film Award for Best Film (won), for *Gomorrah*
- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2008: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (won), for *Gomorrah*

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

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