Dino Risi
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| Born | December 23, 1916 Milan, Italy |
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| Died | June 7, 2008 (aged 91) Rome, Italy |
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| Years active | 1946 - 2002 | ||||||
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Dino Risi (December 23, 1916 – June 7, 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of Commedia all'italiana. He was born in Milan.
Risi became a respected director following the success of the film Pane, amore e... (1955), a sequel of blockbusters Pane, amore e fantasia and Pane, amore e gelosia, both directed by Comencini.
His biggest hits were Poor, But Handsome (Poveri ma belli), followed by two sequels, which he also directed; A Difficult Life (Una vita difficile); The Easy Life (Il sorpasso); Opiate '67 or, in a cut version, 15 From Rome (I Mostri); and Scent Of A Woman (Profumo di Donna), which was remade starring Al Pacino in 1992.
In 2002, he was awarded the Golden Lion – Honorary Award (Leone d'oro alla carriera) at the Venice Film Festival for his life-time work.
He passed away on 7th June 2008 at his residence in Rome. He was 91 and is survived by two children, Claudio and Marco.[1]
[edit] Filmography
- See also Category:Films directed by Dino Risi
- Vacanze col gangster (1952)
- Il viale della speranza (1953)
- L'amore in città (episode "Paradiso per 4 ore", 1953)
- Il segno di Venere (1955)
- Pane, amore e... (1955)
- Poveri ma belli (1956)
- La nonna Sabella (1957)
- Bella ma povere (1957)
- Venezia, la luna e tu (1958)
- Il vedovo (1959)
- Poveri milionari (1959)
- Il mattatore (1959)
- Un amore a Roma (1960)
- A porte chiuse (1961)
- A Difficult Life (Una vita difficile, 1961)
- The Easy Life (Il sorpasso, 1962)
- March on Rome (La marcia su Roma, 1962)
- Il giovedì (1963)
- I mostri (1963)
- Le bambole (episode "La telefonata", 1965)
- Il gaucho (1965)
- I complessi (episode "Una giornata decisiva", 1965)
- L'ombrellone (1966)
- I nostri mariti (episode "Il marito di Attilia", 1966)
- Operazione San Gennaro (1966)
- Il Tigre (1967)
- Straziami, ma di baci saziami (1968)
- Il profeta (1968)
- Vedo nudo (1969)
- Il giovane normale (1969)
- In nome del popolo italiano (1971)
- La moglie del prete (1971)
- Noi donne siamo fatte così (1971)
- Mordi e fuggi (1973)
- Sessomatto (1973)
- Profumo di donna (1974)
- The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
- Anima persa (1977)
- La stanza del vescovo (1978)
- I nouvi mostri (episodes "Con i saluti degli amici", "Tantum ergo", "Pornodiva", "Mammina mammona" and "Senza parole", 1978)
- Primo amore (1978)
- Caro papà (1979)
- Sono fotogenico (1980)
- I seduttori della domenica (episode "Roma", 1980)
- Fantasma d'amore (1981)
- Sesso e volentieri (1982)
- ...e la vita continua (TV, 1984)
- Dagobert (1984)
- Scemo di guerra (1985)
- Teresa (1987)
- Il commissario Lo Gatto (1987)
- Il vizio di vivere (1989)
- Tolgo il disturbo (1990)
- Giovani e belli (1996)
- Esercizi di stile (episode "Myriam", 1996)
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| NAME | Risi, Dino |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1916-12-23 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2008-6-7 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Rome, Italy |
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