Riccardo Cucciolla was born on September 5, 1924 in Bari, Puglia, Italy. He is known for his work on Sacco et Vanzetti (1971), Il était une fois en Amérique (1984) and Antonio Gramsci: i giorni del carcere (1977). He died on September 17, 1999 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.