Sergio Amidei

Sergio Amidei

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Trieste, Italy
October 30, 1904

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's neorealist movement. Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: in 1946 for Rome, Open City, in 1947 for Shoeshine, in 1949 for Paisà and in 1961 for Il generale della Rovere. He died in Rome. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergio Amidei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Photo

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Representative Works

Rome, Open City
Rome, Open City
8.0
/ Italian
The Witness
The Witness
6.8
/ French
Shoeshine
Shoeshine
7.8
/ Italian
Germany, Year Zero
Germany, Year Zero
7.6
/ Italian
Copacabana Palace
Copacabana Palace
5.0
/ Italian
Arditi civili
Arditi civili
No Rating Yet
/ Italian
Stromboli
Stromboli
7.1
/ Italian
Goya
Goya
7.0
/ Italian

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Rome, Open City
1945Winner

Best Writing

Rome, Open City

The Witness
1978Nominee

Best Writing

The Witness

Shoeshine
1946Winner

Best Writing

Shoeshine

Career Highlights

That Night of Varennes
1982Highlight

Best Writing

That Night of Varennes

Germany, Year Zero
1948Highlight

Best Writing

Germany, Year Zero