Mario Monicelli

Career Overview

Mario Monicelli has 195 screen credits in a career dating back to 1934. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently My Friends Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include My Friends, The Queens, Big Deal on Madonna Street. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

195

Birth Date

1915-05-16

Birth Place

Rome, Italy

Known For

• 

  My Friends
• 

  The Queens
• 

  Big Deal on Madonna Street
• 

  The Girl with a Pistol
• 

  Dirty Linen
• 

  I picari

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• My Friends Collection (2 titles)
• Brancaleone Collection (2 titles)
• The Usual Suspects Collection (2 titles)
• Les Misérables Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Gastone Moschin (2 collaborations)
• Bernard Blier (2 collaborations)
• Monica Vitti (2 collaborations)
• Claudia Cardinale (2 collaborations)
• Nino Marchetti (2 collaborations)
• Vittorio Gassman (2 collaborations)
• Tiberio Murgia (2 collaborations)
• Ugo Tognazzi (1 collaborations)
• Philippe Noiret (1 collaborations)
• Duilio Del Prete (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (34 credits)

  • Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Opera Prima

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret

    Self - Réalisateur (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Monicelli: La versione di Mario

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Noi c'eravamo

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Voi siete qui

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Maestro di che!

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Qui finisce l'Italia

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Portrait Of My Father

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Bandiera Viola

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • What Do You Know About Me

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Vittorio D.

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Next to the Colosseum there’s Monti

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • SoloMetro

    Anziano in metropolitana

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • THE INTERPRETER OF BLACK AND WHITE FILMS

    Mario Monicelli

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Marcello, una vita dolce

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Adolfo Celi, a Man for Two Worlds

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Mario Bava: Operazione paura

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Under the Tuscan Sun

    Old Man with Flowers

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • The Cyclone

    Gino (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The True Life of Antonio H.

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • I'm Photogenic

    Mario Monicelli (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Rue du Pied de Grue

    Touchatout

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Cinema Machine

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    - Episode 15 (1978) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 11 (1977) ... Self actor actors
    1975

• directing (65 credits)

  • The New Brancaleone's Army

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Next to the Colosseum there’s Monti

    director

    directing
    2008
  • The Roses of the Desert

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Letters from Palestine

    director

    directing
    2003
  • The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

    director

    directing
    2002
  • Dirty Linen

    director

    directing
    1999
  • Esercizi di stile

    director

    directing
    1996
  • Looking for Paradise

    director

    directing
    1995
  • A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Dear Goddamned Friends

    director

    directing
    1994
  • Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations

    director

    directing
    1992
  • Rossini! Rossini!

    director

    directing
    1991
  • Dark Illness

    director

    directing
    1990
  • 12 Directors for 12 Cities

    director

    directing
    1989
  • La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

    director

    directing
    1989
  • I picari

    director

    directing
    1987
  • Let's Hope It's a Girl

    director

    directing
    1986
  • The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

    director

    directing
    1985
  • Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno

    director

    directing
    1984
  • My Friends Act II

    director

    directing
    1982
  • The Marquis of Grillo

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Hotel Room

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Hurricane Rosie

    director

    directing
    1980
  • Lovers and Liars

    director

    directing
    1979
  • The New Monsters

    director

    directing
    1977
  • An Average Little Man

    director

    directing
    1977
  • Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

    director

    directing
    1976
  • Dear Michele

    director

    directing
    1976
  • My Friends

    director

    directing
    1975
  • Come Home and Meet My Wife

    director

    directing
    1974
  • We Want the Colonels

    director

    directing
    1973
  • Lady Liberty

    director

    directing
    1971
  • Brancaleone at the Crusades

    director

    directing
    1970
  • The Couples

    director

    directing
    1970
  • Oh, Grandmother's Dead

    director

    directing
    1969
  • The Girl with a Pistol

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Caprice Italian Style

    director

    directing
    1968
  • The Queens

    director

    directing
    1966
  • For Love and Gold

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Casanova '70

    director

    directing
    1965
  • High Infidelity

    director

    directing
    1964
  • The Organizer

    director

    directing
    1963
  • The Passionate Thief

    director

    directing
    1960
  • The Great War

    director

    directing
    1959
  • Big Deal on Madonna Street

    director

    directing
    1958
  • Doctor and the Healer

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Fathers and Sons

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Donatella

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Forbidden

    director

    directing
    1955
  • A Hero of Our Times

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Toto and Carolina

    director

    directing
    1955
  • The Unfaithfuls

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Toto and the Women

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Toto and the Kings of Rome

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Cops and Robbers

    director

    directing
    1951
  • The Knight is Here

    director

    directing
    1950
  • A Dog’s Life

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Totò Looking for a House

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Fame and the Devil

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Furia

    assistant director

    directing
    1947
  • The Testimony

    first assistant director

    directing
    1946
  • Thrill

    first assistant director

    directing
    1941
  • Ballerine

    second assistant director

    directing
    1937
  • I ragazzi della via Paal

    director

    directing
    1935
  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    first assistant director

    directing
    1934

• writing (95 credits)

  • The New Brancaleone's Army

    writer

    writing
    2010
  • The Roses of the Desert

    story

    writing
    2006
  • On the Tiger's Back

    original film writer

    writing
    2002
  • Welcome to Collinwood

    original film writer

    writing
    2002
  • Dirty Linen

    story

    writing
    1999
  • Esercizi di stile

    screenplay

    writing
    1996
  • Looking for Paradise

    screenplay

    writing
    1995
  • A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

    writer

    writing
    1994
  • Dear Goddamned Friends

    screenplay

    writing
    1994
  • Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations

    screenplay

    writing
    1992
  • Rossini! Rossini!

    screenplay

    writing
    1991
  • I picari

    screenplay

    writing
    1987
  • Let's Hope It's a Girl

    screenplay

    writing
    1986
  • The 2 Lives of Mattia Pascal

    story

    writing
    1985
  • Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno

    story

    writing
    1984
  • My Friends Act II

    story

    writing
    1982
  • The Marquis of Grillo

    screenplay

    writing
    1981
  • Hotel Room

    screenplay

    writing
    1981
  • Hurricane Rosie

    story

    writing
    1980
  • Lovers and Liars

    screenplay

    writing
    1979
  • An Average Little Man

    screenplay

    writing
    1977
  • Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

    story

    writing
    1976
  • Come Home and Meet My Wife

    screenplay

    writing
    1974
  • We Want the Colonels

    screenplay

    writing
    1973
  • Lady Liberty

    screenplay

    writing
    1971
  • Brancaleone at the Crusades

    story

    writing
    1970
  • The Couples

    writer

    writing
    1970
  • Oh, Grandmother's Dead

    screenplay

    writing
    1969
  • Our Husbands

    story

    writing
    1966
  • For Love and Gold

    screenplay

    writing
    1966
  • Casanova '70

    screenplay

    writing
    1965
  • Summer Frenzy

    screenplay

    writing
    1964
  • The Organizer

    screenplay

    writing
    1963
  • Boccaccio '70

    screenplay

    writing
    1962
  • On the Tiger's Back

    screenplay

    writing
    1961
  • The Passionate Thief

    story

    writing
    1960
  • The Great War

    screenplay

    writing
    1959
  • Angel in a Taxi

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • Big Deal on Madonna Street

    screenplay

    writing
    1958
  • Doctor and the Healer

    co-writer

    writing
    1957
  • Fathers and Sons

    story

    writing
    1957
  • Donatella

    screenplay

    writing
    1956
  • Beautiful But Dangerous

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Forbidden

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • A Hero of Our Times

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Toto and Carolina

    screenplay

    writing
    1955
  • Guai ai vinti

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Violenza sul lago

    screenplay

    writing
    1954
  • Fatal Desire

    writer

    writing
    1954
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Funniest Show on Earth

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Neapolitan Turk

    adaptation

    writing
    1953
  • Perdonami!

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • The Unfaithfuls

    screenplay

    writing
    1953
  • Toto and the Women

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Dogs and Cats

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Toto and the Kings of Rome

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • The Lucky Five

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Totó in color

    screenplay

    writing
    1952
  • Vendetta... sarda

    story

    writing
    1952
  • Appointment for Murder

    story

    writing
    1952
  • Tizio, Caio, Sempronio

    story

    writing
    1951
  • Cops and Robbers

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • O.K. Nero

    story

    writing
    1951
  • Damn the Taxes!!

    writer

    writing
    1951
  • È l'amor che mi rovina

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Napoleone

    story

    writing
    1951
  • Double Cross

    story

    writing
    1951
  • The Knight is Here

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Outlaw Girl

    story

    writing
    1950
  • Soho Conspiracy

    original story

    writing
    1950
  • A Dog’s Life

    story

    writing
    1950
  • L'inafferrabile 12

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • Her Favourite Husband

    screenplay

    writing
    1950
  • I'm in the Revue

    writer

    writing
    1950
  • Lure of the Sila

    story

    writing
    1949
  • Totò Looking for a House

    story

    writing
    1949
  • Fame and the Devil

    screenplay

    writing
    1949
  • The Iron Swordsman

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • In the Name of the Law

    screenplay

    writing
    1949
  • Come scopersi l'America

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • The Mysterious Rider

    story

    writing
    1948
  • L'eroe della strada

    story

    writing
    1948
  • Mad About Opera

    story

    writing
    1948
  • Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris

    screenplay

    writing
    1948
  • How I Lost the War

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • The Captain's Daughter

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • The Opium Den

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Lo sciopero dei milioni

    writer

    writing
    1947
  • Aquila Nera

    screenplay

    writing
    1946
  • L'angelo e il diavolo

    screenplay

    writing
    1946
  • Fear No Evil

    story

    writing
    1945
  • La donna è mobile

    screenplay

    writing
    1942
  • Thrill

    screenplay

    writing
    1941
  • The Tell-Tale Heart

    adaptation

    writing
    1934

• production (1 credits)

  • Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later

    executive producer

    production
    1985