From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Dario Fo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2024The Open Couple — Theatre Play
• 2020Não Vamos Pagar Nada — Theatre Play
• 2017La voce di Fantozzi — Sé stesso
• 2015Callas — Writer
• L'arte secondo Dario Fo — Conduttore, Writer, Creator
• Il Tempo e la Storia — Se stesso
• 2010Woodstock 5 Stelle — Dario Fo
• 2007Io non sono un moderato — Sé stesso
• 2006Rise and Shine — Novel
• 2005Rossini: La Gazzetta — Set Designer
• 2005The Newspaper — Production Design
• 2002Forbidden Grass
• 2002Venetian Rascal Goes to America — Johan Padan (vecchio) (voice), Theatre Play
• 1998The Accidental Death of an Anarchist — Writer
• 1996How the Toys Saved Christmas — Scarafoni (voice)
• I promessi sposi — Azzeccagarbugli
• 1989Musica per vecchi animali — Lucio Lucertola
• 1988A Woman Alone — Author
• ScreenPlay — Writer
• 1984Vi betaler ikke, vi betaler ikke — Writer
• 1983The Accidental Death of an Anarchist — Theatre Play
• 1979Platiť sa nebude! — Theatre Play
• 1958Domenica è sempre domenica
• 1958March's Child — (uncredited)
• 1958Villini a sorpresa
• 1957It Happened in Rome — Screenplay, First Assistant Director
• 1957Rascel-Fifì — Pupo - il biondo, Screenplay
• 1956The Screwball — Achille, Writer, Co-Director
• 1954Elementary School — Tipografo
• 1954Rosso e nero — Writer

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2018Now and Forever Time to Reclaim Life — Self (archive footage)
• 201427 aprile Racconto di un evento — Self
• 2010Bandiera Viola — Self
• 2009Vittorio D. — Self
• 2008Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 — Self
• 2005The Peddler's Backpack — Self
• 2005Viva Zapatero! — Self
• Das Jahrhundert des Theaters — Self
• 2002Il mondo alla rovescia: appunti sul cabaret milanese — Self
• 1981Sempre più difficile — self