Ruggero Maccari

Known for: Writing
Born: June 28, 1919
Died: May 8, 1989
Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Ruggero Maccari (28 June 1919 – 8 May 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. Specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote Commedia all'italiana films such as The Easy Life, Brutti sporchi e cattivi, or Adua e le compagne. He was nominated to the Academy Award for Dino Risi's Profumo di donna. He won a David di Donatello for Ettore Scola's La famiglia; and he was a 4 time Nastro d'Argento winner for La famiglia, Scola's Passione d'amore and A Special Day, and Antonio Pietrangeli's Io la conoscevo bene. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ruggero Maccari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.