Liliana Betti

Italian screenwriter and director

Liliana Betti
Born	1937 Nigoline, Brescia, Italy
Died	19 August 1998 (aged 60–61) Adro, Brescia, Italy
Other names	Liliane Betti
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter and director

Liliana Betti (1937 – 19 August 1998) was an Italian screenwriter and director. She was sometimes credited as Liliane Betti.

Born in Nigoline, Province of Brescia, Betti in 1957 moved to Rome, where she became a real-life friend of Federico Fellini.^[1]^[2] Fellini referred to her as "her boss" and as "the little goddess of ideas", and Betti was a collaborator, a casting director, a script supervisor and a second unit director for many of his films until 1980.^[1] As a screenwriter, she also often collaborated with Marco Ferreri and Enrico Oldoini.^[2] In 1991 she was nominated at the David di Donatello Award for best screenplay for Ferreri's The House of Smiles.

References

^ ^a ^b Michele Tavola (27 July 2008). "Fellini disegna la sua musa ispiratrice". La Repubblica. p. 14. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "E' morta Liliana Betti assistente di Fellini". Corriere della Sera. 21 August 1998. p. 29.