Luciano Vincenzoni

Luciano Vincenzoni (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃaːno vintʃenˈtsoːni]; 7 March 1926 – 22 September 2013) was an Italian screenwriter,^[1] known as the "script doctor".^[2] He wrote for some 65 films between 1954 and 2000.^[3]

Biography

Vincenzoni was born in Treviso, Veneto. He is probably best known in world cinema for his scriptwriting of Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966, but he also wrote for a number of other Spaghetti Westerns.

Filmography

His screenwriting credits also include:

• The Wanderers (1956)
• The Italians They Are Crazy (1958)
• Revolt of the Mercenaries (1961)
• La vita agra (1964)
• Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
• The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
• Death Rides a Horse (1967)
• The Mercenary (1968)
• Duck, You Sucker!, a.k.a. A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
• Orca (1977)
• Raw Deal (1986)
• Once Upon a Crime (1992)
• Malèna (2000)

See also

• Sergio Leone
• Sacco e Vanzetti (play)

References

1. The New York Times
2. A Fistful of Leone
3. "Addio a Luciano Vincenzoni, scrisse "Il buono, il brutto e il cattivo" - Cinema - Spettacoli". Repubblica.it. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-09-22.

External links

• Luciano Vincenzoni at IMDb
• Official Blog about the documentary based on Vincenzoni's life titled THE FALSE LIAR