{{Short description|Italian film director and screenwriter}} {{Infobox person | name = Brunello Rondi | image = Brunello Rondi.jpg | image_size = 220px | caption = Rondi in 1963 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|11|26|df=y}} | birth_place = Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|11|7|1924|11|26|df=y}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | occupation = Screenwriter, Film director | years_active = 1947–1982 | relatives = Gian Luigi Rondi (brother) | notable_works = ''La Dolce Vita'', ''8½'', ''Juliet of the Spirits'', ''Orchestra Rehearsal'', ''City of Women'' }} '''Brunello Rondi''' (26 November 1924 – 7 November 1989) was an Italian screenwriter and film director, best known for his frequent script collaborations with [[Federico Fellini]].
His brother, [[Gian Luigi Rondi]], was an Italian film critic.
== Biography == Noted chiefly as a script-writer and script consultant, Rondi began his film career with the script for 1947's ''[[Last Love (1947 film)|Last Love]]'' for which he was also assistant director.<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Obituaries|page=60|date=November 15, 1989}}</ref>
He worked as assistant director as well as an uncredited writer on ''[[The Flowers of St. Francis]]'' (1950) by [[Roberto Rossellini]] and was a credited writer on Rossellini's ''[[Europe '51|Europa '51]]'' (1952).<ref name=Obit/>
He started to work with [[Federico Fellini]] as artistic director on ''[[La Strada]]'' (1954) and ''[[Nights of Cabiria]]'' (1957).<ref name=Obit/> His most prized collaborations were on the film scripts of ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'' (1960), ''[[8½]]'' (1963), ''[[Juliet of the Spirits]]'' (1964), ''[[Orchestra Rehearsal]]'' (1978), and ''[[City of Women]]'' (1980), all co-written and directed by Fellini.
On the writing of ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'', Rondi helped build up the character of Steiner, the intellectual who kills his wife and children.<ref>Alpert, 126</ref> As a Fellini intimate, Rondi also played a crucial role in the early stages of ''[[8½]]''. In a letter dated October 1960, Fellini outlined his initial ideas to Rondi that were later developed into the screenplay with co-writers [[Ennio Flaiano]] and [[Tullio Pinelli]].<ref>Bondanella, 164</ref>
He made his directorial debut with ''[[Violent Life]]'' in 1961 based on the novel by [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]].<ref name=Obit/>
He died of a heart attack in Rome in 1989. He was 64 years old.<ref name=Obit/>
== Filmography ==
=== Director and scriptwriter === * ''[[Violent Life]]'', co-directed with [[Paolo Heusch]] (1961) * ''[[The Demon (1963 film)|The Demon]]'' (1963) * ''Domani non siamo più qui'' (1967) * ''[[Run, Psycho, Run]]'' (1968) * ''[[Your Hands on My Body]]'' (1970) * ''[[Valerie Inside Outside]]'' (1972) * ''[[Master of Love]]'' (1972) * ''Ingrid sulla strada'' (1973) * ''Tecnica di un amore'' (1973) * ''Prigione di donne'' (1974) * ''[[Smooth Velvet, Raw Silk]]'' (1976) * ''I prosseneti'' (1976) * ''La vocazione di Suor Teresa'' (1982)
=== Screenplays === * ''[[Last Love (1947 film)|Last Love]]'', directed by Luigi Chiarini (1947) * ''[[The Flowers of St. Francis]]'' - uncredited, directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]] (1950) * ''[[Altri tempi]]'', directed by [[Alessandro Blasetti]] (1952) * ''[[Europa '51]]'', directed by Roberto Rossellini (1952) * ''[[Escape by Night (1960 film)|Era notte a Roma]]'', directed by Roberto Rossellini (1960) * ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'', directed by [[Federico Fellini]] (1960) * ''[[Boccaccio 70]]'', episode ''The Temptation of Doctor Antonio'', directed by Federico Fellini (1962) * ''[[8½]]'', directed by Federico Fellini (1963) * ''[[Juliet of the Spirits]]'', directed by Federico Fellini (1965) * ''[[A Place for Lovers|Amanti]]'', directed by [[Vittorio De Sica]] (1968) * ''Scacco alla regina'', directed by [[Pasquale Festa Campanile]] (1969) * ''[[Fellini Satyricon]]'', directed by Federico Fellini (1969) * ''[[Le sorelle (film)|Le sorelle]]'', directed by Roberto Malenotti (1969) * ''[[Orchestra Rehearsal]]'', directed by Federico Fellini (1978) * ''[[City of Women]]'', directed by Federico Fellini (1980)
=== Director === * ''Tecnica di un amore'' (1973)
=== Assistant director === * ''[[Last Love (1947 film)|Last Love]]'', directed by Luigi Chiarini (1947) * ''[[Francesco, giullare di Dio]]'' - directed by [[Roberto Rossellini]] (1950) * ''[[L'ultimo amante]]'', directed by [[Mario Mattoli]] (1955)
=== Actor === * ''Le ore dell'amore'', directed by [[Luciano Salce]] (1963) * ''[[Colpo di stato (1969 film)|Colpo di stato]]'', directed by Luciano Salce (1969)
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==References== * [[Hollis Alpert|Alpert, Hollis]] (1988). ''Fellini: A Life''. New York: Paragon House. <small>{{ISBN|1-55778-000-5}}</small> * Bondanella, Peter (1992). ''The Cinema of Federico Fellini''. Princeton University Press. <small>{{ISBN|0-691-00875-2}}</small> * Parigi, Stefania e Alberto Pezzotta (2010). ''Il lungo respiro di Brunello Rondi'' (prefazione di [[Gian Luigi Rondi]]). Roma: Edizioni Sabinae.
== Bibliography == * Alberto Pezzotta, Stefania Parigi, ''Il lungo respiro di Brunello Rondi'', Sabinae editions, 2010
== External links == *{{IMDb name|0740021|Brunello Rondi}}
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