Ugo Chiti

• Born — 13 February 1943 • Birthplace — Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Italy • Occupation — Screenwriter Playwright

Born in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Chiti started his career in 1970 with Pier'Alli's Society for Theatre Research. He later founded Teatro in piazza ('Theater in the Square'), a stage company focused in folk and dialect theatre, and collaborated with Affratellamento Theater in Florence. In 1983, he founded the Arkhè theater and began a long collaboration with the Arca Azzurra stage company, of which he became the main dramatist. In theater, he is best known for the trilogy of dramas La terra e la memoria ('The land and the memory', 1987-1993), a portrait of 50 years of Italian history, of which he adapted the first chapter Allegretto into the film Albergo Roma in 1996. After serving as costume and production designer in a few films, Chiti started his career as a screenwriter with Willy Signori e vengo da lontano by Francesco Nuti. In the following years, he became a close collaborator of Nuti, Alessandro Benvenuti and Giovanni Veronesi. Starting from 2003, he is a regular collaborator of Matteo Garrone. During his career Chiti won numerous awards, notably six David di Donatello, two Silver Ribbons, a Globo d'oro and a European Film Award for Best Screenwriter.

• Willy Signori e vengo da lontano (1989) • Welcome to Home Gori (1990) • Women in Skirts (1991) • The Party's Over (1991) • Cain vs. Cain (1993) • For Love, Only for Love (1993) • Belle al Bar (1994) • Ivo the Genius (1995) • OcchioPinocchio (1995) • Albergo Roma (1996, also director) • The Barber of Rio (1996) • Return to Home Gori (1996) • Silenzio... si nasce (1996) • The Second Wife (1998, also director) • Io amo Andrea (1999) • Caruso, Zero for Conduct (2001) • The Embalmer (2002) • Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy? (2003) • Manual of Love (2005) • Manual of Love 2 (2006) • Gomorrah (2008) • Black Sea (2008) • Italians (2009) • La pecora nera (2010) • Parents and Children: Shake Well Before Using (2010) • The Ages of Love (2011) • Reality (2012) • The Fifth Wheel (2013) • A Woman as a Friend (2014) • Tale of Tales (2015) • As Needed (2018) • Dogman (2018) • The Life Ahead (2020) • Strangeness (2022) • Mimì: Prince of Darkness (2023) • The Illusion (2025)

Ugo Chiti is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded with the occupation playwright. Recorded with the occupation dramaturge. Recorded as having received European Film Award for Best Film, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter and David di Donatello for Best Script.