Dino Risi
Directing
Born 1916-12-23
Died 2008-06-07
Milan, Italy
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Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 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 started his career in cinema as an assistant director to cinema figures such as Mario Soldati and Alberto Lattuada. Later he began directing his own films and was credited with giving early opportunities to future acting stars such as Sophia Loren and Vittorio Gassman. His 1966 film Treasure of San Gennaro was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize.
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 by Martin Brest 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. Two of his films, Il giovedì and Il commissario Lo Gatto, were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
He died on 7 June 2008 at his residence in Rome. He was 91 and is survived by two children, Claudio and Marco (film director).[from Wikipedia]
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Filmography
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Directing
49 credits
First Love
Il Sorpasso
The Widower
The Monsters
...e la vita continua
The New Monsters
Life with the Kids
Scent of a Woman
Dear Father
How Funny Can Sex Be?
Scandal in Sorrento
The Bishop's Bedroom
Ghost of Love
Complexes
I'm Photogenic
Love and Larceny
I See Naked
In the Name of the Italian People
Weekend, Italian Style
Life with the Kids
Love in Rome
The Sign of Venus
The Dolls
Sunday Lovers
A Difficult Life
Teresa
Love in the City
Good King Dagobert
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Dirty Weekend
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Mission of Love
The Prophet
Lost Soul
The Thursday
The Street of Hope
March on Rome
I'll Be Going Now
A porte chiuse
Vacation with a Gangster
Poor But Beautiful
The Career of a Chambermaid
The Priest's Wife
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
Oh! Sabella
Madman at War
Sesso e volentieri
That's How We Women Are
Writing
43 credits
First Love
Il Sorpasso
The Widower
The Monsters
...e la vita continua
Life with the Kids
Scent of a Woman
Dear Father
How Funny Can Sex Be?
Scandal in Sorrento
The Bishop's Bedroom
Ghost of Love
Complexes
I'm Photogenic
The Monte Carlo Story
I See Naked
Weekend, Italian Style
Life with the Kids
The Sign of Venus
Teresa
Love in the City
Anna
Good King Dagobert
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Dirty Weekend
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Mission of Love
The Prophet
Lost Soul
The Thursday
The Street of Hope
Fast and Sexy
I'll Be Going Now
A porte chiuse
Vacation with a Gangster
Poor But Beautiful
The Career of a Chambermaid
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
Oh! Sabella
Madman at War
Sesso e volentieri
That's How We Women Are
Acting
7 credits
Ciné regards
Spécial cinéma
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Scent of a Woman
A Beautiful Vacation
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
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