Enrico Oldoini, director and screenwriter of the most important Italian comedies of the 80s and 90s, has died. Creator of Don Matteo.
Is dead Henry Oldoini, director and screenwriter of the most important Italian comedies of the 80s and 90s. The director and screenwriter was 77 years old. The causes of death are not yet clear. He directed the sequel to Yuppies 2 and the 1989 film Bellifreschi starring Christian De Sica and Lino Banfi. He also directed two “Christmas Vacations” that went down in history, those of 1990 and 1991. Christian De Sica remembers him on Instagram: “Hello my friend, I loved you very much.” He was a screenwriter and theme writer for Pasquale Festa Campanile, Nanni Loy, Sergio and Bruno Corbucci. He co-wrote the film Borotalco with Carlo Verdone. He was one of the creators of Don Matteo.
From the second half of the 1990s, in the two years 1996 and 1997, which represented his first experiences as a television director, he devoted himself mainly to directing audiovisual works for television, such as the two series “God sees” and “supplies”. From his idea came “Don Matteo”. The successful format that heralded the last part of Terence Hill’s career was conceived by him: an idea based on an original and not alien format. Enrico Oldoini also directed all episodes of the first season and part of the third season.
His other later works include: The Cruise (2001), Incompreso (2002), A casa di Anna (2004), Capri (2006, assisted by Francesca Marra). He directed the first and second seasons of Il Giudice Mastrangelo with Diego Abatantuono and directed the first season of Un passo dal cielo. His last two films as a director: “Papa’s Girlfriend” (2008) and “The Monsters Today” (2009).
Director Citto Maselli died at the age of 92
All films directed by Enrico Oldoini
Enrico Oldoini had started directing the film Hearts in the Storm, which brought together Carlo Verdone and Lello Arena in one film for the first and only time. Marina Suma played the female role. It was 1984. The following year, another big hit at the box office and on tape: He’s worse than me with Adriano Celentano and Renato Pozzetto. Then the sequel to Yuppies and Bellifreschi with Lino Banfi and Christian De Sica. He probably directed the two most famous and beautiful Christmas holidays of the decade 90–2000: Christmas holidays 1990 and 1991 (Alberto Sordi also appeared in the latter). He directed ’90s’ and ’90s Part II’. And again: “Miracolo Italiano” in 1994, “A bugiardo in paradiso” in 1998, “13dici a tavola” in 2004, “La fiancée di papa” in 2008 and “I mostri oggi” in 2009.