Biography
Ercole Patti (16 February 1903 – 15 November 1976) was an Italian writer, dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.
Born in Catania into an upper-middle-class family, the nephew of author Giuseppe Villaroel, Patti started working as a journalist at very young age, before graduating in law in 1925. After practicing for a year in his father's firm, he decided to move to Rome where earning a living from journalism. There, after some sporadic collaborations, he was employed in the newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo, where he was a foreign correspondent in China, India and Japan, among other places. He got notoriety as a novelist in 1940, with Quartieri alti, a satirical portrait of Roman high classes. His novels are mainly set in Rome or in a sensual Sicily, which was, according to literary critic Carlo Bo, a sort of philosophical ideal for Patti.Patti was active as a screenwriter since 1935, and a number of his novels were adapted into films. In addition to novels Patti published collections of short stories and two autobiographical works.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 18
Writer 13
Screenplay 1
Giovannino (1976)
The Cousin (1974)
Seduction (1973)
That Splendid November (1969)
Sex Can Be Difficult (1962)
Love in Rome (1960)
The Anatomy of Love (1954)
It Happened in the Park (1953)
Three Forbidden Stories (1952)
Professor, My Son (1946)
In High Places (1945)
Document Z-3 (1943)
È caduta una donna (1941)
Senza cielo (1940)
But It's Nothing Serious (1936)
Il grande appello (1936)
Three Cornered Hat (1935)
Come le foglie (1935)
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GenderMale
Birthday1904-02-16
Deathday1976-11-15 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceCatania, Italy
RelativesGiuseppe Villaroel
CitizenshipsItaly, Kingdom of Italy
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