title: Elvio Porta
text: # Elvio Porta
  
  Elvio Porta (22 May 1945 – 26 December 2016) was an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He won three Silver Ribbons over the course of his career. In 1980, his Café Express won for Best Story [it]. Four years later, Porta and Nanni Loy shared the Silver Ribbon for Best Screenplay for Where's Picone? In 1986, Porta was named the Best New Actor [it] for his appearance in Camorra.
  
  Porta died in 2016, aged 71.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * The Payoff (1978)
  * Neapolitan Mystery (1979)
  * Café Express (1980)
  * Where's Picone? (1983)
  * Camorra (1986; also appeared as actor)
  * What if Gargiulo Finds Out? (1988; also directed)
  * Scugnizzi (1989)
  * Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers (2004)
  