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Tonino Guerra, an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who has collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors of the world, died on Wednesday at the age of 92, RIA Novosti reported.

Since 1960, Guerra has been one of the most prolific contributors to the Italian cinema. He wrote over 100 screenplays through his career and collaborated with Michelangelo Antonioni on L'avventura, La notte, L'eclisse, The Red Desert, Blowup, Zabriskie Point and Identification of a Woman, Federico Fellini on Amarcord, and Andrei Tarkovski on Nostalghia.

In 2010 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan awarded Order of Honor to famous screenwriter Tonino Guerra for his great contribution to the strengthening of Armenian-Italian cultural ties, contribution to world cinematography as well as on his 90th birthday.