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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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Nominated for 12 Oscars. Another 65 wins & 35 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

Amarcord
Amarcord Writer
(1973)
8½
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(1963)
La Dolce Vita
La Dolce Vita Writer
(1960)
La Strada
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(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 The 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 | 4 Interviews | 12 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 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:

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. See more »

Trivia:

In 1966 he abandoned his planned film project "The Journey of G. Mastorna". In 1990 the storyline for the film was later adapted into a graphic novel entitled "Trip to Tulum: From a Script for a Film Idea", illustrated by Milo Manara. See more »

Trademark:

Bizarre, abstract plots peppered with risque humor See more »

Nickname:

Il Maestro See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius
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