Writer · Source author · 1920 to 2008
Ugo Pirro
Best rated (writing): Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (8.2)
- Writing films
- 24
- Writing avg
- 6.80
- Peak run
- 1969’73
- Oscar noms
- 2
Writing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a writer, films with 25+ votes
Ugo by the numbers
Average
6.80
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.89
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±0.55
rating spread
Career
46y
1951 to 1996
Total votes
2.63K
across every film
Best
8.2
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Worst
7.0
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Newest first
Filmography
| 1996 |  The Nymph | · | 14 |
| 1987 |  A Boy from Calabria | 6.6 | 25 |
| 1979 |  Operation Ogre | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1977 |  I Am the Law | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1976 |  Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen | 6.7 | 98 |
| 1976 |  The Inheritance | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1976 | San Babila-8 P.M. | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1974 |  Somewhere Beyond Love | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1974 |  Blood Brothers | · | 18 |
| 1973 |  The Battle of Sutjeska | 6.6 | 26 |
| 1973 |  Property Is No Longer a Theft | 7.2 | 105 |
| 1973 |  One Russian Summer | · | 14 |
| 1971 |  The Working Class Goes to Heaven | 7.8 | 396 |
| 1970 |  The Garden of the Finzi-Continis | 7.0 | 293 |
| 1970 |  Metello | · | 22 |
| 1970 |  Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion | 8.2 | 905 |
| 1969 |  The Battle of Neretva | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1968 |  Sardinia Kidnapped | · | 14 |
| 1968 |  The Day of the Owl | 7.1 | 128 |
| 1967 |  We Still Kill the Old Way | 6.7 | 138 |
Better together?
Ugo Pirro's regulars
- Elio PetriWriter · 4 films · 7.48 avg▲+0.50
- Luigi ComenciniWriter · 3 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.16
- Carlo LizzaniWriter · 3 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.34
- Pasquale SquitieriWriter · 2 films · 6.60 avg▼−0.10
- Mauro BologniniWriter · 2 films · 6.30 avg▼−0.27
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Elio Petri and Ugo Pirro movies · Luigi Comencini and Ugo Pirro movies · Carlo Lizzani and Ugo Pirro movies · Pasquale Squitieri and Ugo Pirro movies
Takes
On Ugo Pirro
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1972Ugo Pirro, Vittorio Bonicelli
- NominatedBest Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 1972Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro