# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sergio-donati
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:53:45.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sergio-donati"
name: "Sergio Donati"
slug: "sergio-donati"
description: "Sergio Donati was an Italian screenwriter. He wrote for more than 70 films beginning in 1952. He was born in Rome, Italy. He started as a writer and had some of his books optioned for film. He is well known for his collaboration with Italian director Sergio Leone, who encouraged him to take up screenwriting as a full-time career, and with Italian producer Dino de Laurentis.What is film? In the first act, you hang a man up in a tree. In the second act, you throw stones at him. In the third act, he falls down. If he is alive, it is a comedy. If he is dead, it is a drama."
tagline: "Italian screenwriter (1933–2024)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/Cropped_Photo_of_Sergio_Donati.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-04-13"
deathDate: "2024-08-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.89
  momentum:             0.9315068493150686
  historical:           9.643092
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006872/"
    handle:    "nm0006872"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump