Remembering Ruggero Maccari

Ruggero Maccari was born on June 28, 1919 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. Maccari was specially known by his collaboration with film director and screenwriter Ettore Scola. He wrote italian comedy films such as “Adua e le compagne” (1960), “The Easy Life” (1962), and “Brutti sporchi e cattivi” (1976).

 
Ruggero co-wrote screenplays for three Euro-westerns: “The Dream of Zorro” (1951), “The Sheriff” (1959) and “The Terrible Sheriff” (1962).
 
He was nominated to the Academy Award for Dino Risi's “Profumo di donna” (1974).
 
Maccari won a David di Donatello for Ettore Scola's La famiglia (1987); and he was a 4 time Nastro d'Argento winner for Antonio Pietrangeli’s “Io la conoscevo bene” (1965),  “A Special Day” (1977), Scola’s “Passione d’amore” (1981) La famiglia, Scola's Passione d'amore (1981).
 
Ruggero died on May 8, 1989 in Rome, Italy.
 
Today we remember Ruggero Maccari on what would have been his 95^th birthday.