Born in Salerno, Italy. Italian screenwriter of over 50 stories and screenplays whose screen credits, alone or in collaboration, include 5 BRANDED WOMEN (1960), THE BANDIT and THE BATTLE OF NERETVA (both 1969), INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION and THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (both 1970), BLOOD BROTHERS (1973), GOODNIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN (1978), THE RETURN (1979), TABLOID CRIME (1987), and CELLULOID and THE NYMPH (both 1996).  Nominated for Writing (Best Story and Screenplay based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) 1970: INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION (w. Elio Petri)  Nominated for Writing (Best Screenplay based on material from another medium) 1971: THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS (w. Vittorio Bonicelli) 2 nominations