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Something wrong?His films - baroque dreamscapes where circus freaks, priests, and movie stars collide - made him the poet of postwar Italian disillusionment and the director whose vision critics still rank among cinema's two or three finest.
A life in dates
Ginger and FredFilm, 1986Director, Writer1985Golden Lion for Lifetime AchievementAwardPesto kai tha gineiSeries, 1985Guest1984“Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another.”In their wordsAs quoted in Rolling Stone no. 421 (1984)David di Donatello for Best Original ScriptAwardDavid di Donatello Luchino ViscontiAward1980
City of WomenFilm, Director, Writer1976“Cinéma-vérité? I prefer 'cine-mendacity'. A lie is always more interesting than the truth...Fiction may have a greater truth than everyday, obvious reality.”In their wordsFellini on Fellini (1976) edited by Anna Keel and Christian Strich; translated by Isabel Quigly.1974
Spécial cinémaSeries
We All Loved Each Other So MuchFilm, 1974Federico Fellini1972
Le Grand ÉchiquierSeries
RomaFilm, 1972Director, Writer1969
Fellini: A Director's NotebookFilm, Director, Writer1967Titel, Thesen, TemperamenteSeries1965“All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.”In their wordsDecember 1965On the autobiographical nature of his films, in The Atlantic (December 1965)“Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.”In their wordsDecember 1965On the autobiographical nature of his films, in The Atlantic (December 1965)“Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can’t teach old fleas new dogs.”In their wordsDecember 1965As quoted in in The Atlantic (December 1965)1963
8½Film, Director, Writer1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961Nastro d'Argento for Best SubjectAward1960Palme d'OrAward
Fellini on “Second Look”Series, 1960
La Dolce VitaFilm, 1960Director, Writer1957David di Donatello for Best DirectorAward1956
CinépanoramaSeries1955Nastro d'Argento for Best ScreenplayAward
The SwindleFilm, 1955Director, Writer1954Nastro d'Argento for the director of the best filmAward1953Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film FestivalAwardSilver LionAward
The OscarsSeries, 19531952
The White SheikFilm, Director, Writer1950
The Flowers of St. FrancisFilm, Writer1947
Flesh Will SurrenderFilm, Writer1945
Rome, Open CityFilm, Writer1920Born20 January 1920Also in Deutsch
Photos 8
In their own words 10
, What is an artist? A provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one...
Talking about dreams is like talking about movies, since the cinema uses the language of dreams; years can pass in a second and you can hop from one place to another.
There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life.
Filmography 40
NYNaples to New York
HFHow Strange to be Named Federico
FLFellini: I'm a Born Liar
TMThe Voice of the Moon
INIntervistaGFGinger and Fred
AOAnd the Ship Sails On
ITIl tassinaroCWCity of Women
OROrchestra Rehearsal
FCFellini's CasanovaWMWe All Loved Each Other So Much
AMAmarcordRORoma
TCThe Clowns
AWAlex in Wonderland
SASatyriconFNFellini: A Director’s Notebook
SDSpirits of the Dead
JSJuliet of the Spirits8½
BOBoccaccio '70LVLa Dolce Vita
NCNights of CabiriaTSThe Swindle
LSLa Strada
IVI Vitelloni
LCLove in the CityTSThe White Sheik
TIThe City Defends Itself
VLVariety LightsTFThe Flowers of St. Francis
THThe Path of Hope
ILIn the Name of the Law
TPThe Mill on the Po
LAL'Amore
WPWithout PityFSFlesh Will Surrender
PAPaisanRCRome, Open City191 credits on file
Television 11
UÉUn film et son époqueSCSpécial cinémaLÉLe Grand Échiquier
TSThe Dick Cavett ShowTSThe Merv Griffin ShowFLFellini on “Second Look”CICinépanoramaTOThe OscarsAwards
In their orbit
Spouse: Giulietta MasinaAbout this person
Born in 1920, Fellini started as a screenwriter before directing I Vitelloni in 1953, then La Strada in 1954 - early work that mixed realism with something stranger. La Dolce Vita took the Palme d'Or in 1960 and made him famous for capturing Rome's hollow glamour. 8½ followed in 1963, a spiral into a director's creative paralysis that Sight & Sound would later call the tenth-greatest film ever made. He kept going - Amarcord, Fellini Satyricon, Casanova - piling up four competitive Oscars (a record in the foreign-language category) and another seventeen nominations. By the time the Academy gave him the lifetime achievement award in 1993, critics had placed him second in their poll of all-time directors. He died eight months later, leaving a filmography no one's quite matched for blending the sacred and the sleazy.
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