Screenwriter who entered Italian film with RICOMINCIO DA TRE / I'M STARTING FROM THREE (1981). Other notable screen credits include SCUSATE IL RITARDO (1982), LE VIE DEL SIGNORE SONO FINITE (1987), PASSI D'AMORE / STEPS OF LOVE (1989), MA NON PER SEMPRE / BUT NOT FOREVER (1991), PENSAVO FOSSE AMORE INVECE ERA UN CALESSE / I THOUGHT IT WAS LOVE (1992), IL POSTINO / THE POSTMAN (1994), AMORE CON LA S MAIUSCOLA and CASOMAI / AS IF BY CHANCE (both 2002), and SE DEVO ESSERE SINCERA (2004).  Nominated for Achievement in Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) 1995: IL POSTINO (w. Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli & Massimo Troisi) 1 nomination