Umberto Eco
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Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [umˈbɛrto ˈɛːko]; 5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known internationally for his 1980 novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum) and L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before). His novel Il cimitero di Praga (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, was a best-seller.
Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books, and essays. He was the founder of the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.
Acting
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La Notte
as Man at the Party (uncredited)
1961
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La Maison de la Radio
as Self
2013
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Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018
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Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
2023
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The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Self
1986
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Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
2014
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La rosa dei nomi
as Self
1987
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Apostrophes
as Self
1975
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Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
as Himself
2012
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A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
2006
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Sabine Christiansen
as Self
1998
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Andate a lavorare
as Se stesso
2022
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All Men Become Brothers
2023
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Quiproquo
2011
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Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
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We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
as Self
2013
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An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
2022
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Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra
2010
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Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
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Babau
1976
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Lo + plus
as Self
1995
