Dario Fo
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Dario Fo (born 24 March 1926) is an Italian satirist, playwright, theatre director, actor, composer and recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. His dramatic work employs comedic methods of the ancient Italian commedia dell'arte, a theatrical style popular with the working classes. Fo's works are characterised by criticisms of organised crime, political corruption, political murders, most of the Catholic Church doctrine and conflict in the Middle East. His plays often depend on improvisation, commedia dell'arte style. His plays, especially Mistero Buffo, have been translated into 30 languages and, when performed outside Italy, they are often modified to reflect local political and other issues. Fo encourages directors and translators to modify his plays as they see fit, as he finds this in accordance to the commedia dell'arte tradition of on-stage improvisation. Fo currently owns and operates a theatre company with his wife, actress Franca Rame. Upon awarding him the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, the committee highlighted Fo as a writer "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden".
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Acting
Movie
How the Toys Saved Christmas
as Scarafoni (voice)
1996
Movie
Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11
as Self
2008
Movie
Vittorio D.
as Self
2009
Movie
La voce di Fantozzi
as Sé stesso
2017
Movie
Musica per vecchi animali
as Lucio Lucertola
1989
Movie
Forbidden Grass
2002
Movie
Venetian Rascal Goes to America
as Johan Padan (vecchio) (voice)
2002
TV
I promessi sposi
as Azzeccagarbugli
1989
Movie
Domenica è sempre domenica
1958
Movie
The Screwball
as Achille
1956
Movie
March's Child
as (uncredited)
1958
Movie
Elementary School
as Tipografo
1954
Movie
The Peddler's Backpack
as Self
2005
Movie
Sempre più difficile
as self
1981
Movie
Woodstock 5 Stelle
as Dario Fo
2010
Movie
Rascel-Fifì
as Pupo - il biondo
1957
TV
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
as Self
2002
Movie
Callas
2015
Movie
Villini a sorpresa
1958
Movie
Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Movie
27 aprile Racconto di un evento
as Self
2014
Movie
Io non sono un moderato
as Sé stesso
2007
Movie
Il mondo alla rovescia: appunti sul cabaret milanese
as Self
2002
Movie
Bandiera Viola
as Self
2010
Crew
Movie
Não Vamos Pagar Nada
Theatre Play
2020
Movie
It Happened in Rome
First Assistant Director
1957
Movie
The Open Couple
Theatre Play
2024
Movie
Venetian Rascal Goes to America
Theatre Play
2002
Movie
The Screwball
Writer
1956
Movie
The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
Theatre Play
1983
Movie
Vi betaler ikke, vi betaler ikke
Writer
1984
TV
ScreenPlay
Writer
1986
Movie
Rascel-Fifì
Screenplay
1957
Movie
Rossini: La Gazzetta
Set Designer
2005
Movie
Rosso e nero
Writer
1954
Movie
Platiť sa nebude!
Theatre Play
1979