Career
Born in Ancona, Amurri was author of some of the most popular Radiotelevisione Italiana variety shows, such as Canzonissima, Gran Varietà, Fantastico and Studio Uno. He was also author of fourteen books, several of them best sellers, which were mainly collections of short stories consisting of satyrical portraits of collapsing family groups. Amurri was the father of the television writer Valentina and of the film director Franco.
He was also the grandfather of actress Eva.