History Creator / RobertoBenigni

Unfortunately, Benigni would later squander his artistic reputation and AuteurLicense in 2002 with his pet project ''Film/{{Pinocchio|2002}}'', which featured himself in the title role. The film became a critically derided BoxOfficeBomb, and after it being followed by another bomb, ''The Tiger and the Snow'', his directorial career still hasn't recovered since. Ironically, he would appear in a much better received [[Film/Pinocchio2019 2019 production]] of the story as Geppetto -- a role most said he should have played in his own film.

The film won three UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s ([[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInALeadingRole Best Actor]] for Benigni, [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm Best Foreign Language Film]] and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score) and numerous other awards; to say the wins excited Benigni would be an understatement. In what is now considered one of the most memorable moments in Oscars history, he reacted to the film's second win by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cTR6fk8frs jumping on top of his seat and climbing over those of the people in front of him before bunny-hopping to the stage]]. He also kissed the feet of Creator/MartinScorsese after the film won the Grand Prix at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, of which Scorsese served as jury president.

Roberto Remigio Benigni (born October 27, 1952 in Castiglion Fiorentino, near Arezzo, Tuscany) is an UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director.

* ''Johnny Stecchino'' (1991, also wrote and directed) in a dual role as Dante Ceccarini, a school bus driver who falls in love with a gangster's moll, and Johnny Stecchino, the gangster in question, who the Mafia wants dead because he turned informant

Unfortunately, Benigni would later squander his artistic reputation and AuteurLicense in 2002 with his pet project ''Film/{{Pinocchio|2002}}'', which featured himself in the title role. The film became a critically derided BoxOfficeBomb, and upon it being followed by another bomb, ''The Tiger and the Snow'', his directorial career still hasn't recovered since. Ironically, he would appear in a much better received [[Film/Pinocchio2019 2019 production]] of the story as Geppetto -- a role most said he should have played in his own film.

* ''Tu mi turbi'' (1983, also wrote and directed) as Benigno (directoral debut)

He is most famous internationally for directing, writing and starring in the 1997 comedy-drama film ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''. Celebrated for pulling off an artistic challenge that Creator/CharlieChaplin would not have dared and Creator/JerryLewis chickened out of showing, it presented a sensitive {{dramedy}} about UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. The film won three UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s -- [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInALeadingRole Best Actor]] for Benigni, [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm Best Foreign Language Film]] and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score -- and numerous other awards. To say the wins excited Benigni would be an {{understatement}}; he famously jumped on top of seats making his way to the stage to accept one of the film's Oscars, and he kissed the feet of Creator/MartinScorsese after winning the Grand Prix at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, of which Scorsese served as jury president.

He is most famous internationally for directing, writing and starring in the 1997 comedy-drama film ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''. Celebrated for pulling off an artistic challenge that Creator/CharlieChaplin would not have dared and Creator/JerryLewis chickened out of showing, it presented a sensitive {{dramedy}} about UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. The film came home with three UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s -- [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestActorInALeadingRole Best Actor]] for Benigni, [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAwardForBestForeignLanguageFilm Best Foreign Language Film]] and Best Music, Original Dramatic Score -- and numerous other awards. To say the wins excited Benigni would be an {{understatement}}; he famously jumped on top of seats making his way to the stage to accept one of the film's Oscars, and he kissed the feet of Creator/MartinScorsese after winning the Grand Prix at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, of which Scorsese served as jury president.

He is most famous internationally for directing, writing and starring in the 1997 comedy-drama picture ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful''. Celebrated for pulling off an artistic challenge that Creator/CharlieChaplin would not have dared and Creator/JerryLewis chickened out of showing, it presented a sensitive {{Dramedy}} about UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. The film came home with three UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, including Best Actor for Benigni, and numerous other awards.

Unfortunately, Benigni would later squander his artist reputation and AuteurLicense in 2002 with his pet project ''Film/{{Pinocchio|2002}}'', with himself in the title role, becoming a critically derided BoxOfficeBomb, followed by another bomb, ''The Tiger and the Snow''. His directorial career still hasn't recovered since. Ironically, he would appear in a much better received [[Film/Pinocchio2019 production]] based off the story in 2019, in a role most have said he should have played in his own film, that of Geppetto.

Unfortunately, Benigni would later squander his artist reputation and AuteurLicense in 2002 with his pet project ''Film/{{Pinocchio|2002}}'', with himself in the title role, becoming a critically derided BoxOfficeBomb, followed by another bomb, ''The Tiger and the Snow''. His directorial career still hasn't recovered since. Ironically, he would appear in a much better received production based off the story in 2019, in a role most have said he should have played in his own film, that of Geppetto.

Roberto Remigio Benigni (born October 27, 1952 in Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany) is an UsefulNotes/{{Ital|y}}ian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director.

* ''Pinocchio'' (2019) as Geppetto

Roberto Remigio Benigni (born October 27, 1952 in Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany) is an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter and director.

Unfortunately, Benigni would later squander his artist reputation and AuteurLicense in 2002 with his pet project ''Film/{{Pinocchio|2002}}'', with himself in the title role, becoming a critically derided BoxOfficeBomb. His directorial career still hasn't recovered since. Ironically, he would appear in a much better received 2019 production of the story, in a role most have said he should have played in his own film -- Geppetto.

He is most famous internationally for directing, writing and starring in the comedy-drama picture ''Film/LifeIsBeautiful'' (1997). Celebrated for pulling off an artistic challenge that Creator/CharlieChaplin would not have dared and Creator/JerryLewis chickened out of showing, it presented a sensitive {{Dramedy}} about UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust. The film came home with three UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, including Best Actor for Benigni, and numerous other awards.

* {{Dramedy}}: Two out of three of the films he directed fit in the genre, being comedy-dramas set in really troubled historical settings -- ''Life is Beautiful'' with UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust and ''The Tiger and the Snow'' with the [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror 2000s war in Iraq]].