Piero Tellini
Piero Tellini (16 January 1917 – 22 June 1985) was an Italian screenwriter and film director. Piero Tellini was born in Florence, the son of the soprano Ines Alfani, Tellini graduated at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and in 1938 he entered the cinema industry as an assistant director. He later dedicated to the activity of screenwriter, contributing to the success of the Italian neorealism and notably collaborating with Luigi Zampa, Alberto Lattuada, Michelangelo Antonioni, Alessandro Blasetti and Eduardo De Filippo.
Piero Tellini
Giorgio Ferroni (director), INCINE (production) · Screenshot taken by Spinoziano from the film · Public domain
- Name
- Piero Tellini
- Birth Name
- Piero Giuseppe Tellini
- Birthplace
- Florence, Italy
- Spouse
- Liliana Tellini, Joan Tellini
- Occupation
- Film director, Screenwriter
- Born
- 1917 · Florence.
- Died
- 1985 · Florence.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Education
- Experimental Centre of Cinematography
- Honours
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Subject · Best Screenplay Award
- Languages
- Italian
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Piero Tellini. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q3903370 · wikipedia · Piero Tellini
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
The documentary record
Statements marked “Documentary record” are set in the article beside the passage they confirm. Each is read from the authority records of the institutions named here; select “Prove” to see the record it was read from, where in that record, and when.
Institutions cited
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Complete reading chain (JSON)In this article
Biography
Biography
In 1947 Tellini won the Nastro d'Argento for the script of Zampa's To Live in Peace, while in 1952 he was awarded the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Mario Monicelli's and Steno's Cops and Robbers. Starting from 1954 he was also active as a film director. He was first married to actress Liliana Tellini, with whom he had one child, Massimo. In 1965, he married Jo Anne Bosshard (Spokane, 1 December 1931 – Everett, Washington, 1 November 2002).
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Piero Tellini • Birth Name — Piero Giuseppe Tellini • Birthplace — Florence, Italy • Place of death — Florence, Italy • Resting Place — San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy • Spouse — Liliana Tellini, Joan Tellini • Children — Massimo, Marco, Donina, Elizabeth, Chiara • Occupation — Film director, Screenwriter
Documentary record
Piero Tellini, a screenwriter, was born on 16 January 1917 in Florence, Italy and died on 22 June 1985 in Florence, Italy. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Captain Fracasse (1940) • The Mask of Cesare Borgia (1941) • Fourth Page (1942) • Apparition (1943) • To Live in Peace (1947) • Alarm Bells (1949) • Nel blu dipinto di blu (1959)
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Piero Tellini, revision 1285584002 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Redazione. Scrisse Guardie e ladri. 12 janvier 2016. La Repubblica. 23 juin 1985. 18.
- 2.Morto lo sceneggiatore fu tra i padri del neorealismo. La Stampa. 132. 23 juin 1985. 20.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 31 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Piero NatoliPerson
- Piero PierottiPerson
- Piero RegnoliPerson
- Piero SchivazappaPerson
- Piero VidaPerson
- Piero ZuffiPerson
- Pierre BatcheffPerson
- Pierre BénichouPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Piero Tellini?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.