Sergio Amidei

October 30, 1904 – April 14, 1981

Trieste, Italy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sergio Amidei (30 October 1904 – 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's neorealist movement. Amidei was born in Trieste. He worked with famed Italian directors such as Roberto Rossellini and Vittorio De Sica. He was nominated for four Academy Awards: in 1946 for Rome, Open City, in 1947 for Shoeshine, in 1949 for Paisà and in 1961 for Il generale della Rovere. He died in Rome. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sergio Amidei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​