Screenwriter.
He was an assistant to Vittorio De Sica from a young age and began his prolific career as a screenwriter in 1947. His numerous works span the entire spectrum of the Italian film industry, from historical-literary kolossal to mythological and horror, from melodrama to Italian-style comedy. Among the nearly 170 films he collaborated on are many classics. For "Divorzio all'italiana/Divorce Italian Style", directed by Pietro Germi in 1961, Concini won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1963. One of his merits is that he treated serious material and commercial genre material equally. Thus, he was involved in two fundamental works of adventure ("Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules"/1957) as well as horror films ("La maschera del demonio/Black Sunday"/1960). From 1982 he worked increasingly for television, three times directing himself; a few times he also acted as a producer. Credits include "Il brigante Musolino" (1950), "Ulisse/Ulysses" (1954), "La risaia" (1956), "Il grido" (1957), "Un maledetto imbroglio" (1959), "Italiani brava gente" (1964), "Operazione San Gennaro" (1966), "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" (1973, also director), "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo" (1978), the international successful TV-series "La piovra" (1984-87) and "Marcellino" (1991). He died after a long illness.
He was an assistant to Vittorio De Sica from a young age and began his prolific career as a screenwriter in 1947. His numerous works span the entire spectrum of the Italian film industry, from historical-literary kolossal to mythological and horror, from melodrama to Italian-style comedy. Among the nearly 170 films he collaborated on are many classics. For "Divorzio all'italiana/Divorce Italian Style", directed by Pietro Germi in 1961, Concini won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1963. One of his merits is that he treated serious material and commercial genre material equally. Thus, he was involved in two fundamental works of adventure ("Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules"/1957) as well as horror films ("La maschera del demonio/Black Sunday"/1960). From 1982 he worked increasingly for television, three times directing himself; a few times he also acted as a producer. Credits include "Il brigante Musolino" (1950), "Ulisse/Ulysses" (1954), "La risaia" (1956), "Il grido" (1957), "Un maledetto imbroglio" (1959), "Italiani brava gente" (1964), "Operazione San Gennaro" (1966), "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" (1973, also director), "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo" (1978), the international successful TV-series "La piovra" (1984-87) and "Marcellino" (1991). He died after a long illness.
Screenwriter.
He was an assistant to Vittorio De Sica from a young age and began his prolific career as a screenwriter in 1947. His numerous works span the entire spectrum of the Italian film industry, from historical-literary kolossal to mythological and horror, from melodrama to Italian-style comedy. Among the nearly 170 films he collaborated on are many classics. For "Divorzio all'italiana/Divorce Italian Style", directed by Pietro Germi in 1961, Concini won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1963. One of his merits is that he treated serious material and commercial genre material equally. Thus, he was involved in two fundamental works of adventure ("Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules"/1957) as well as horror films ("La maschera del demonio/Black Sunday"/1960). From 1982 he worked increasingly for television, three times directing himself; a few times he also acted as a producer. Credits include "Il brigante Musolino" (1950), "Ulisse/Ulysses" (1954), "La risaia" (1956), "Il grido" (1957), "Un maledetto imbroglio" (1959), "Italiani brava gente" (1964), "Operazione San Gennaro" (1966), "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" (1973, also director), "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo" (1978), the international successful TV-series "La piovra" (1984-87) and "Marcellino" (1991). He died after a long illness.
He was an assistant to Vittorio De Sica from a young age and began his prolific career as a screenwriter in 1947. His numerous works span the entire spectrum of the Italian film industry, from historical-literary kolossal to mythological and horror, from melodrama to Italian-style comedy. Among the nearly 170 films he collaborated on are many classics. For "Divorzio all'italiana/Divorce Italian Style", directed by Pietro Germi in 1961, Concini won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 1963. One of his merits is that he treated serious material and commercial genre material equally. Thus, he was involved in two fundamental works of adventure ("Le fatiche di Ercole/Hercules"/1957) as well as horror films ("La maschera del demonio/Black Sunday"/1960). From 1982 he worked increasingly for television, three times directing himself; a few times he also acted as a producer. Credits include "Il brigante Musolino" (1950), "Ulisse/Ulysses" (1954), "La risaia" (1956), "Il grido" (1957), "Un maledetto imbroglio" (1959), "Italiani brava gente" (1964), "Operazione San Gennaro" (1966), "Hitler: The Last Ten Days" (1973, also director), "Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo" (1978), the international successful TV-series "La piovra" (1984-87) and "Marcellino" (1991). He died after a long illness.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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