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30 November 2010
Last updated at 03:25 ET
One of the greats of post-war Italian cinema, Mario Monicelli, has killed himself by jumping out of a hospital window, media reports say.
Monicelli, 95, was dubbed "father of Italian comedy" for films such as Amici Mei (My Dear Friends) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958).
He was said to have leapt from the fifth floor of a Rome hospital where he was being treated for terminal cancer.
He received numerous awards and was nominated four times for an Oscar.
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Monicelli, 95, was dubbed "father of Italian comedy" for films such as Amici Mei (My Dear Friends) and Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958).
He was said to have leapt from the fifth floor of a Rome hospital where he was being treated for terminal cancer.
He received numerous awards and was nominated four times for an Oscar.
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