RIP: Italian screenwriter, Tullio Pinelli, 100
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on March 11, 2009 under Foreign Film, People, R.I.P., Screenwriting | 
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- Left, Federico Fellini; center, actor Leopoldo Trieste; right, screenwriter Tullio Pinelli, around the time of Lo sceicco bianco. (Image via flickr)
Italian screenwriter, Tullio Pinelli, 100, died Saturday in Rome, according to European newspapers. The cause of death was not announced.
Pinelli co-wrote more than a dozen of director Federico Fellini’s films, including “La Strada,” “La Dolce Vita” and “8 1/2 .” Four of his films with Fellini were nominated for Academy Awards.
He also worked with several other leading Italian directors, including Pietro Germi, Mario Monicelli and Roberto Rossellini. [via]
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