About Ottavio Scotti
Lived 1904 – 1975 (aged 71). Ottavio Scotti was an Italian scenographer and art director.
Ottavio Scotti (1904–1975) was an Italian art director. Scotti was born in Umago, which was then part of Italy but is today in Croatia. He worked on more than a hundred films during his career, including Orson Welles's Black Magic which was shot at Cinecittà in Rome.
Selected filmography
Hurricane in the Tropics (1939) A Thousand Lire a Month (1939) The Castle Ball (1939) I, His Father (1939) Red Tavern (1940) Light in the Darkness (1941) The Little Teacher (1942) Fedora (1942) Invisible Chains (1942) A Little Wife (1943) The Devil's Gondola (1946) Bullet for Stefano (1947) Fatal Symphony (1947) The Man with the Grey Glove (1948) Be Seeing You, Father (1948) Chains (1949) Black Magic (1949) The Flame That Will Not Die (1949) The Count of Saint Elmo (1950) The Thief of Venice (1950) Women and Brigands (1950) Nobody's Children (1951) The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952) A Woman Has Killed (1952) Black Feathers (1952) Woman of the Red Sea (1953) Storms (1953) The Count of Saint Elmo (1953) Genoese Dragnet (1954) A Parisian in Rome (1954) Orient Express (1954) Sunset in Naples (1955) Carovana di canzoni (1955) The Prince with the Red Mask (1955) The White Angel (1955) The Wolves (1956) Toto and Marcellino (1958) È arrivata la parigina (1958) ...And the Wild Wild Women (1959) Siege of Syracuse (1960) Howlers in the Dock (1960) Letto a tre piazze (1960) La garçonnière (1960) The Mongols (1961) My Son, the Hero (1962) The Slave (1962) The Monk of Monza (1963) Castle of Blood (1964) Gideon and Samson (1965) The Almost Perfect Crime (1966) The Oldest Profession (1967) Web of the Spider (1971)
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Ottavio Scotti?
Italian scenographer (1904–1975)
When was Ottavio Scotti born?
Ottavio Scotti was born on 23 February 1904 in Umag.
When did Ottavio Scotti die?
Ottavio Scotti died on 23 May 1975 in Rome.
What was Ottavio Scotti's occupation?
Ottavio Scotti was a scenographer and art director.
What nationality was Ottavio Scotti?
Ottavio Scotti was Italian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ottavio Scotti. https://biography.guide/ottavio-scotti/
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