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Dino Risi (1916–2008)


Dino Risi became a movie director by chance. In 1940 he met Alberto Lattuada at a friend's boutique. Lattuada told him: "We need an assistant director for the movie Piccolo mondo antico. Would you be interested?". Risi accepted, just for fun, not for work. After that, he became a psichiatrist and, in the spare time... See full bio »

Died:

(age 91) in Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Filmography

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2005 Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala (video documentary)
 
2002 Le ragazze di Miss Italia (TV movie)
 
1996 Esercizi di stile (segment "Myriam")
 
1992 Missione d'amore (TV mini-series)
 
1990 Vita coi figli (TV movie)
 
1989 Running Away (TV movie)
 
1989 Quattro storie di donne (TV mini-series)
Carla (1989)
 
1988 Love for Life (TV movie)
 
1987 Teresa
 
1985 Madman at War
 
1984 ...e la vita continua (TV movie)
 
1980 Sunday Lovers (segment "Armando's Notebook")
 
1980 I'm Photogenic
 
1979 Caro papà
 
1978 First Love
 
1977 Viva Italia! (segments "Con i saluti degli amici", "Tantum ergo", "Pornodiva", "Mammina mammona" and "Senza parole")
 
1977 Anima persa
 
1973 Dirty Weekend
 
1969 Vedo nudo
 
1968 Il profeta
 
1966 I nostri mariti (segment "Marito di Attilia, Il")
 
1965 L'ombrellone
 
1965 Complexes (segment "Una giornata decisiva")
 
1965 The Gaucho
 
1965 The Dolls (segment "Telefonata, La")
 
1964 The Thursday
 
1963 I mostri
 
1963 Il successo (uncredited)
 
1962 March on Rome
 
1962 The Easy Life
 
1961 A porte chiuse
 
1960 Love in Rome
 
1959 Il vedovo
 
1953 Love in the City (segment "Paradiso per 3 ore")
 
1950 L'isola bianca (documentary short)
 
1950 Fuga dalla città (short)
 
1949 Vince il sistema (documentary short)
 
1949 Terra ladina (documentary short)
 
1949 La montagna di luce (short)
 
1949 Il siero della verità (documentary)
 
1949 Seduta spiritica (documentary)
 
1948 Caccia in Brughiera (documentary)
 
1948 Segantini il pittore della montagna (documentary)
 
1948 1848 (documentary)
 
1948 Il grido della città (documentary)
 
1948 Cortili (short)
 
1948 La città dei traffici (short)
 
1948 Buio in sala (short)
 
1947 Verso la vita (short)
 
1947 Tigullio minore (documentary)
 
1947 Strade di Napoli (documentary short)
 
1947 Pescatorella (documentary)
 
1947 Cuore rivelatore (short)
 
1946 I bersaglieri della signora (documentary)
 
1946 Barboni (documentary short)
 
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2011 Buio in sala in tre di (short) (original story)
 
2002 Le ragazze di Miss Italia (TV movie) (screenplay / story)
 
1992 Scent of a Woman (character from Profumo Di Donna / suggestion)
 
1992 Missione d'amore (TV mini-series)
 
1990 Tolgo il disturbo (story / dialogue)
 
1990 Vita coi figli (TV movie) (story & screenplay)
 
1989 Running Away (TV movie) (teleplay)
 
1988 Il commissario Lo Gatto (screenplay / story)
 
1988 Love for Life (TV movie) (screenplay)
 
1987 Teresa (story)
 
1984 Good King Dagobert (screenplay)
 
1984 ...e la vita continua (TV movie)
 
1980 I'm Photogenic
 
1979 Caro papà (writer)
 
1978 First Love
 
1977 Anima persa
 
1976 The Career of a Chambermaid (screenplay / story)
 
1973 How Funny Can Sex Be? (writer)
 
1973 Dirty Weekend (writer)
 
1971 Noi donne siamo fatte così (story "Annunziata la Mamma" / story "Laura l'Allumeuse" / story "Teresa, Schiava d'Amore" / story "Una Giornata Laborativa")
 
1970 The Priest's Wife (story)
 
1969 Il giovane normale (writer)
 
1969 Vedo nudo (writer)
 
1968 Il profeta (screenplay / story)
 
1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat (story)
 
1965 L'ombrellone (screenplay / story)
 
1965 Complexes (story / segment "Una giornata decisiva")
 
1965 The Gaucho
 
1964 The Thursday (screenplay / story)
 
1963 I mostri (story and screenplay / as Risi)
 
1962 The Easy Life (story and screenplay)
 
1961 A porte chiuse (story)
 
1960 Love in Rome (screenplay - uncredited)
 
1959 Il vedovo (screenplay / story)
 
1959 Poveri milionari (writer)
 
1958 Venice, the Moon and You (writer)
 
1958 Fast and Sexy (idea)
 
1957 Poor Girl, Pretty Girl (screenplay / story)
 
1956 Monte Carlo (original story)
 
1955 Scandal in Sorrento (story)
 
1955 Il segno di Venere (screenplay)
 
1954 Vacation with a Gangster (screenplay / story)
 
1953 Love in the City (segment "Amore che si paga, L'" / story / segment "Paradiso per 4 ore")
 
1953 Il viale della speranza (writer)
 
1952 Sunday Heroes (writer)
 
1951 Anna (as Risi Dino)
 
1951 Toto and the King of Rome (story)
 
1950 Fuga dalla città (short)
 
1950 L'isola bianca (documentary short)
 
1949 Terra ladina (documentary short) (writer)
 
1949 Vince il sistema (documentary short) (writer)
 
1948 Buio in sala (short) (story)
 
1948 Caccia in Brughiera (documentary) (writer)
 
1947 Tigullio minore (documentary)
 
1943 Giacomo the Idealist (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1941 Piccolo mondo antico (assistant director - as D. Risi)
 
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2012 Trintignant l'italien (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Sodankylä ikuisesti (TV series documentary)
Himself
Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho (2010) … Himself
Elokuvan vuosisata (2010) … Himself
Ikuinen aika (2010) … Himself
 
2007 Sophia: Ieri, oggi, domani (documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Amedeo Nazzari, un divo italiano (TV short)
Himself
 
1996 Ritratti d'autore (TV series documentary)
Himself
Dino Risi (1996) … Himself
 
1979 Portrait de Vittorio Gassman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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Alternate Names:

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Personal Quote:

I expect some surprises. Life, after all, is not all it's made out to be. (on being "curious about death") See more »

Trivia:

He was orphaned at the age of 12, and was looked after by relatives and family friends. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn