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Luciano De Crescenzo is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Italien born on 20 august 1928 at Naples (Italie)

Luciano De Crescenzo

Luciano De Crescenzo
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Nationality Italie
Birth 20 august 1928 at Naples (Italie)
Death 18 july 2019 (at 90 years)

Luciano De Crescenzo ([luˈtʃano de kreʃˈʃɛntso]; born 18 August 1928) is an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer.

Born in Naples, he graduated in engineering and worked for IBM Italy until 1976, when he published the bestseller Così parlò Bellavista (Thus Spake Bellavista), a collection of facts and anecdotes about his city which sold 600,000 copies in Italy and was translated into numerous languages. In 1980 he debuted as actor in Il pap'occhio, under the direction of his friend Renzo Arbore, together with Roberto Benigni.

In 1984 he directed the successful movie adaptation of Così parlò Bellavista (in which he also played the protagonist), followed by Il mistero di Bellavista in 1985. In 1995 he wrote and directed Croce e delizia, featuring Teo Teocoli and Isabella Rossellini.

In the meantime he published a long series of books, including novels and popularizations of philosophy. For his work in the field of Greek philosophy he received honorary citizenship of Athens in 1994.


Così parlò Bellavista (1977)
Raffaele (1978)
La Napoli di Bellavista (1979)
Zio Cardellino (1981)
Storia della filosofia greca. I presocratici (1983)
Oi dialogoi (1985)
Storia della filosofia greca. Da Socrate in poi (1986) - The History of Greek Philosophy: Socrates and Beyond
Vita di Luciano De Crescenzo scritta da lui medesimo (1989)
Elena, Elena, amore mio (1991)
Il dubbio (1992)
Croce e delizia (1993)
Socrate (1993)
I miti degli dei (1993)
Panta rei (1994)
Ordine e disordine (1996)
Nessuno (1997)
Sembra ieri (1997)
Il tempo e la felicità (1998)
Le donne sono diverse (1999)
La distrazione (2000)
Tale e quale (2001)
Storia della filosofia medioevale (2002)
Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Niccolò Cusano a Galileo Galilei (2003)
Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Cartesio a Kant (2004)
I pensieri di Bellavista (2005)
Il pressappoco (2007)
Il caffe sospeso. Saggezza quotidiana in piccoli sorsi (2008)
Ulisse era un Fico (2010)
Tutti santi me compreso, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2011.
Fosse 'a Madonna!, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2012.
Garibaldi era comunista, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2013.
Gesù è nato a Napoli, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2013.
Ti porterà fortuna. Guida insolita di Napoli, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2014.==Bibliography==

Biography

Luciano De Crescenzo est né à Naples, et est diplômé en ingénierie. Il a travaillé pour IBM Italie jusqu'en 1976, quand il a publié le best-seller Così parlò Bellavista (Ainsi parlait Bellavista), une collection de faits et d'anecdotes sur sa ville natale. Le livre s'est vendu à 600 000 exemplaires en Italie et a été traduit dans de nombreuses langues dont le japonais. En 1980, il a débuté comme acteur dans Il Pap'occhio, sous la direction de Renzo Arbore, en collaboration avec Roberto Benigni.

En 1984, il dirige l'adaptation du film Così parlò Bellavista dans lequel il joue le protagoniste, suivi par Il mistero di Bellavista en 1985. En 1995, il écrit et réalise Croce e delizia, avec comme acteurs Teo Teocoli et Isabella Rossellini.

Dans l'intervalle, il publie une série de livres, des romans et des textes de vulgarisation philosophique.

Luciano De Crescenzo est atteint de prosopagnosie, un trouble de la reconnaissance des visages, une agnosie visuelle spécifique rendant difficile ou impossible l'identification ou la mémorisation des visages humains.

Luciano De Crescenzo est mort le 18 juillet 2019 à l'Hôpital Gemelli de Rome où il était hospitalisé depuis quelques jours suite à une pneumonie.

Usually with

Renzo Arbore
Renzo Arbore
(2 films)
Riccardo Pazzaglia
Riccardo Pazzaglia
(3 films)
Mario Orfini
Mario Orfini
(4 films)
Renato Scarpa
Renato Scarpa
(2 films)
Antonio Allocca
Antonio Allocca
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Luciano De Crescenzo (6 films)

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Actor

Thus Spoke Bellavista
Thus Spoke Bellavista (1984)
, 1h45
Directed by Luciano De Crescenzo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Luciano De Crescenzo, Isa Danieli, Renato Scarpa, Marina Confalone, Antonio Allocca, Riccardo Pazzaglia
Roles Prof. Bellavista
Rating73% 3.684753.684753.684753.684753.68475
In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. He helds every day, in his luxurious apartment, his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One day, however, the quiet life of the building of Bellavista will be disturbed by the arrival of a director of Milan. Between Naples and Milan there's bad blood, because the Neapolitans are accustomed to enjoy a quiet life, always based on the "philosophy of pleasure and delay", while the Nordic countries are very strict and punctual.
"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?"
"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
, 2h11
Directed by Renzo Arbore
Genres Comedy
Actors Roberto Benigni, Renzo Arbore, Gigi Proietti, Nino Frassica, Luciano De Crescenzo, Maurizio Costanzo
Roles self
Rating60% 3.014543.014543.014543.014543.01454
The film begins with Renzo Arbore and Luciano De Crescenzo driving in Rome, while discussing an original idea for a new movie. They pass under the window of real-life filmmaker Federico Fellini, who is writing a screenplay entitled F.F.S.S (Federico Fellini Sud Story). A wind causes the screenplay to fall to the road below, and the two pick it up and decide to use Fellini's ideas themselves.
In the Pope's Eye
In the Pope's Eye (1980)

Directed by Renzo Arbore
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about television
Actors Roberto Benigni, Luciano De Crescenzo, Isabella Rossellini, Diego Abatantuono, Renzo Arbore, Martin Scorsese
Roles God
Rating66% 3.3355753.3355753.3355753.3355753.335575
The musician Renzo Arbore has a vision of Don Gabriel, who came to bring an Annunciation by the Vatican: in fact, Pope John Paul II, watching television, was impressed by a commercial promoting beer of which Arbore was the spokesman, and decided to hire him as artistic director of the nascent Vatican state television. Then Arbore and his company come to the Vatican to get down to work. Meanwhile, a bigot and traditionalist prelate, Cardinal Richelieu, plot to boycott the initiative of the Pope.

Director

Thus Spoke Bellavista
Thus Spoke Bellavista (1984)
, 1h45
Directed by Luciano De Crescenzo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Luciano De Crescenzo, Isa Danieli, Renato Scarpa, Marina Confalone, Antonio Allocca, Riccardo Pazzaglia
Rating73% 3.684753.684753.684753.684753.68475
In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. He helds every day, in his luxurious apartment, his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One day, however, the quiet life of the building of Bellavista will be disturbed by the arrival of a director of Milan. Between Naples and Milan there's bad blood, because the Neapolitans are accustomed to enjoy a quiet life, always based on the "philosophy of pleasure and delay", while the Nordic countries are very strict and punctual.

Scriptwriter

Thus Spoke Bellavista
Thus Spoke Bellavista (1984)
, 1h45
Directed by Luciano De Crescenzo
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Luciano De Crescenzo, Isa Danieli, Renato Scarpa, Marina Confalone, Antonio Allocca, Riccardo Pazzaglia
Roles Novel
Rating73% 3.684753.684753.684753.684753.68475
In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. He helds every day, in his luxurious apartment, his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One day, however, the quiet life of the building of Bellavista will be disturbed by the arrival of a director of Milan. Between Naples and Milan there's bad blood, because the Neapolitans are accustomed to enjoy a quiet life, always based on the "philosophy of pleasure and delay", while the Nordic countries are very strict and punctual.
"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?"
"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
, 2h11
Directed by Renzo Arbore
Genres Comedy
Actors Roberto Benigni, Renzo Arbore, Gigi Proietti, Nino Frassica, Luciano De Crescenzo, Maurizio Costanzo
Roles Writer
Rating60% 3.014543.014543.014543.014543.01454
The film begins with Renzo Arbore and Luciano De Crescenzo driving in Rome, while discussing an original idea for a new movie. They pass under the window of real-life filmmaker Federico Fellini, who is writing a screenplay entitled F.F.S.S (Federico Fellini Sud Story). A wind causes the screenplay to fall to the road below, and the two pick it up and decide to use Fellini's ideas themselves.
In the Pope's Eye
In the Pope's Eye (1980)

Directed by Renzo Arbore
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion, Films about television
Actors Roberto Benigni, Luciano De Crescenzo, Isabella Rossellini, Diego Abatantuono, Renzo Arbore, Martin Scorsese
Roles Ecrivain
Rating66% 3.3355753.3355753.3355753.3355753.335575
The musician Renzo Arbore has a vision of Don Gabriel, who came to bring an Annunciation by the Vatican: in fact, Pope John Paul II, watching television, was impressed by a commercial promoting beer of which Arbore was the spokesman, and decided to hire him as artistic director of the nascent Vatican state television. Then Arbore and his company come to the Vatican to get down to work. Meanwhile, a bigot and traditionalist prelate, Cardinal Richelieu, plot to boycott the initiative of the Pope.
The Payoff
The Payoff (1978)
, 1h50
Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito, Marisa Merlini, Salvatore Borgese
Rating71% 3.586553.586553.586553.586553.58655
The film, a comedy and crime, offers a portrait of the society of Naples 70s in the hands of the "Mafia". Especially, with Ugo Tognazzi, the director wishes to highlight how justice is powerless because of the corruption of its amministranti by the "Camorra".

Producer

"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?"
"FF.SS." – Cioè: "...che mi hai portato a fare sopra a Posillipo se non mi vuoi più bene?" (1983)
, 2h11
Directed by Renzo Arbore
Genres Comedy
Actors Roberto Benigni, Renzo Arbore, Gigi Proietti, Nino Frassica, Luciano De Crescenzo, Maurizio Costanzo
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.014543.014543.014543.014543.01454
The film begins with Renzo Arbore and Luciano De Crescenzo driving in Rome, while discussing an original idea for a new movie. They pass under the window of real-life filmmaker Federico Fellini, who is writing a screenplay entitled F.F.S.S (Federico Fellini Sud Story). A wind causes the screenplay to fall to the road below, and the two pick it up and decide to use Fellini's ideas themselves.