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Federico Fellini (1920–1993)

The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the devil herself said the priests who ran his school) -... See full bio »

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(age 73) in Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Known For

Amarcord
Amarcord Writer
(1973)
Nights of Cabiria
Nights of Cabiria Writer
(1957)
8½
8½ Writer
(1963)
La Strada
La Strada Writer
(1954)
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  The Thousand Miles (inspired by) (announced)
 1987 Intervista (screenplay) / (story)
 1986 Ginger and Fred (screenplay) / (story)
 1985 Alta Società: Rigatoni Barilla (Video short)
 1984 Che bel paesaggio: Bitter Campari (Video short)
 1983 And the Ship Sails On (screenplay) / (story)
 1980 City of Women (screenplay) / (story)
 1978 Orchestra Rehearsal (story) / (writer)
 1976 Fellini's Casanova (screenplay)
 1974 Pasqualino Cammarata... capitano di fregata (idea - uncredited)
 1973 Amarcord (screenplay) / (story)
 1972 Roma (screenplay) / (story)
 1970 The Clowns (TV Movie documentary)
 1969 Fellini Satyricon (adaptation and screenplay)
 1969 NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Fellini: A Director's Notebook (1969)
 1969 Sweet Charity (based upon the screenplay by: "Nights of Cabiria")
 1968 Spirits of the Dead (adaptation - segment "Toby Dammit")
 1965 Juliet of the Spirits (screenplay) / (story)
 1963 8½ (screenplay) / (story)
 1962 Boccaccio '70 (screenplay - segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
 1960 La Dolce Vita (screenplay) / (story)
 1958 Fortunella (writer)
 1957 Nights of Cabiria (screenplay) / (story)
 1955 Il Bidone
 1954 La Strada (story and screenplay)
 1953 Love in the City (segment "Agenzia matrimoniale", uncredited)
 1953 I Vitelloni (screenplay) / (story)
 1952 The White Sheik (screenplay) / (story - as F. Fellini)
 1951 Position Wanted (screenplay)
 1951 Four Ways Out (screenplay) / (story)
 1950 The Ways of Love (story by)
 1950 Variety Lights (screenplay) / (story)
 1950 The Path of Hope (screenplay) / (story)
 1950 The Flowers of St. Francis (screenplay collaborator)
 1949 The Mill on the Po (screenplay)
 1949 City of Pain (writer)
 1949 In the Name of the Law (screenplay)
 1948 Without Pity (screenplay) / (story)
 1948 L'amore (story - segment "Il miracolo")
 1947 Bullet for Stefano (screenplay)
 1947 Flesh Will Surrender (screenplay)
 1946 Return of the Black Eagle (uncredited)
 1946 Paisan (screenplay and dialogue) / (story - as F. Fellini)
 1945 Chi l'ha visto? (screenplay) / (story)
 1945 Rome, Open City (collaboration on screenplay - as F. Fellini)
 1943 The Last Wagon (screenplay)
 1943 Apparition (screenplay - uncredited)
 1943 The Peddler and the Lady (adaptation)
 1942 I cavalieri del deserto (adaptation) / (screenplay)
 1942 3/4 of a Page (screenplay) / (story)
 1942 Before the Postman (story - as Federico)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial (Italy): Directed commercial for Banca di Roma See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 41 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 5 Interviews | 22 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Official Sites:

Facebook | Website

Alternate Names:

Federico | F. Fellini | Fellini

Height:

5' 11¾" (1.82 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

In the mythology of the cinema, the Oscar is the supreme prize. See more »

Trivia:

Was voted the 10th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently cast Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina See more »

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Star Sign:

Aquarius
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