Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Italian screenwriter (1914–2010)
Giovanna Cecchi (21 July 1914 – 31 July 2010), known professionally as Suso Cecchi d'Amico (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsuːzo ˈtʃekki daˈmiːko]), was an Italian screenwriter and actress. She was one of the first female Italian screenwriters and helped pioneer the Italian neorealist movement. Though her screenwriting career spanned sixty years, she won the 1980 David di Donatello Award for lifetime career as well as the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 1994 Venice Film Festival.
Cecchi d'Amico worked with virtually all of the most celebrated post-war Italian film directors, and wrote or co-wrote many award-winning films—among them:
Franco Zeffirelli: The Taming of the Shrew, Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Luchino Visconti: Bellissima, Rocco and His Brothers, Senso, Ludwig, The Leopard, Conversation Piece
Vittorio de Sica: Bicycle Thieves, Miracle in Milan
Michelangelo Antonioni: Le Amiche
Mario Monicelli: Big Deal on Madonna Street, Risate di gioia, Casanova 70
Alessandro Blasetti: Lucky to Be a Woman
Luigi Zampa: Angelina, To Live in Peace
Francesco Rosi: Salvatore Giuliano
Luigi Comencini: The Window to Luna Park
Alberto Lattuada: Flesh Will Surrender
She also wrote the libretto for Nino Rota's opera I due timidi and collaborated on the script of William Wyler's Roman Holiday. She was a member of the jury at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
Early life and education
Giovanna Cecchi was born on 21 July 1914 in Rome. She was immediately renamed Susanna by her father, and her parents' Tuscan heritage soon nicknamed her "Suso". Her father, Emilio Cecchi (1884–1966), was from Florence, known for his work as a literary critic and author, but also as a film producer and director, while her mother, Leonetta Pieraccini (1882–1977), originated from Siena and was a well-known painter and writer.
Suso attended the French lycée in Rome and then proceeded to pursue higher education in Switzerland and Cambridge. Upon her return to Rome, she used her proficiency in languages to secure work with the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
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