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Dino De Laurentiis(1919-2010)

  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
  • Production Manager
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Dino De Laurentiis at an event for Hannibal (2001)
Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, extra, propman, or any other job he could get in the film industry. His persistence paid off, and by the time he reached his 20th birthday he already had one produced film under his belt. After serving in the Italian army during World War II, De Laurentiis went back into film production, and in 1946 scored a critical and commercial international hit with Bitter Rice (1949) ("Bitter Rice"). He later married its star, Silvana Mangano. De Laurentiis eventually formed a partnership with producer Carlo Ponti, and the team had a string of hits, including several by director Federico Fellini. After the partnership dissolved, De Laurentiis embarked on a plan to build his own studio facilities, which would enable him to make the kind of massive spectacles he wanted to make. The studio complex, called Dinocitta', eventually was forced to close down due to a combination of hard times in the Italian film industry and a string of flops by De Laurentiis himself. De Laurentiis eventually sold the property to the Italian government and moved his base of production to the United States. He again opened up a film production complex in Wilmington, North Carolina, called DEG Studios, but was eventually forced by economic conditions to sell that, too. De Laurentiis has had some critical successes since his move to the U.S. (Ragtime (1981)), but most of his U.S. productions have been critically lambasted, although several have been commercial successes.
BornAugust 8, 1919
DiedNovember 10, 2010(91)
BornAugust 8, 1919
DiedNovember 10, 2010(91)
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  • Won 1 Oscar

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Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis in Hannibal (2001)
Dino De Laurentiis in U-571 (2000)
Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis in Hannibal Rising (2007)
Matthew Settle and Tom Hanks at the Emmy Awards
Matthew Settle with Steven Spielberg and others at the Emmy Awards
Producers Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis and John Saxon in The Unforgiven (1960)
Al Pacino and Dino De Laurentiis in Serpico (1973)
Charles Bronson, Dino De Laurentiis, and Michael Winner in The Stone Killer (1973)
Dino De Laurentiis and Peter Webber in Hannibal Rising (2007)
Director Brett Ratner and Producer Dino De Laurentiis
Producer Dino De Laurentiis.

Known for

Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Nights of Cabiria
8.1
  • Producer
  • 1957
Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, and Giulietta Masina in La strada (1954)
La strada
8.0
  • Producer
  • 1954
Waterloo (1970)
Waterloo
7.2
  • Producer(uncredited)
  • 1970
Brian Blessed, Max von Sydow, and Sam J. Jones in Flash Gordon (1980)
Flash Gordon
6.5
  • Producer
  • 1980

Credits

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Producer

  • Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster in The Last Legion (2007)
    The Last Legion
    • (uncredited)
  • Hannibal Rising (2007)
    Hannibal Rising
    • (produced by)
  • Mischa Barton, Hayden Christensen, Kate Groombridge, and Rosalind Halstead in Virgin Territory (2003)
    Virgin Territory
  • Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton in Red Dragon (2002)
    Red Dragon
    • (produced by)
  • Anthony Hopkins in Hannibal (2001)
    Hannibal
    • (produced by)
  • U-571 (2000)
    U-571
  • Kathleen Quinlan and Kurt Russell in Breakdown (1997)
    Breakdown
  • Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly in Bound (1996)
    Bound
    • (uncredited)
  • Linda Fiorentino and Ray Liotta in Unforgettable (1996)
    Unforgettable
  • Edward James Olmos and Adrian Pasdar in Slave of Dreams (1995)
    Slave of Dreams
  • Assassins (1995)
    Assassins
  • Halle Berry and Jimmy Smits in Solomon & Sheba (1995)
    Solomon & Sheba
  • Madonna and Willem Dafoe in Body of Evidence (1992)
    Body of Evidence
  • Embeth Davidtz and Bruce Campbell in Army of Darkness (1992)
    Army of Darkness
  • Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
    Once Upon a Crime...

Additional Crew

  • Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster in The Last Legion (2007)
    The Last Legion
  • Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton in Red Dragon (2002)
    Red Dragon
  • Linda Fiorentino and Ray Liotta in Unforgettable (1996)
    Unforgettable
  • Edward James Olmos and Adrian Pasdar in Slave of Dreams (1995)
    Slave of Dreams
  • Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
    Once Upon a Crime...
  • Christian Slater in Kuffs (1992)
    Kuffs
  • Evil Dead II (1987)
    Evil Dead II
    • (uncredited)
  • Manhunter (1986)
    Manhunter
    • (uncredited)
  • Pirates (1986)
    Pirates
  • Silver Bullet (1985)
    Silver Bullet
  • Sissy Spacek in Marie (1985)
    Marie
  • Mickey Rourke in Year of the Dragon (1985)
    Year of the Dragon
  • Daniel Rodgers in Cat's Eye (1985)
    Cat's Eye
  • Sean Young and Kyle MacLachlan in Dune (1984)
    Dune
  • Conan the Destroyer (1984)
    Conan the Destroyer

Production Manager

  • La figlia del capitano (1947)
    La figlia del capitano
  • Le miserie del signor Travet (1945)
    Le miserie del signor Travet
  • La donna della montagna (1944)
    La donna della montagna
  • Zazà (1944)
    Zazà
  • Malombra (1942)
    Malombra
  • Margherita fra i tre
  • L'amore canta (1941)
    L'amore canta
  • L'ultimo combattimento (1941)
    L'ultimo combattimento
  • Troppo tardi t'ho conosciuta

Personal details

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    • August 8, 1919
    • Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy
    • November 10, 2010
    • Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
    • Martha De LaurentiisApril 7, 1990 - November 10, 2010 (his death, 2 children)
    • Veronica De Laurentiis
    • Aurelio De Laurentiis(Niece or Nephew)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

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  • Trivia
    In the middle of her audition for King Kong (1976), he turned to his son and described Meryl Streep as "Troppo brutta per King Kong" ("Too ugly for King Kong), assuming she couldn't understand him if he spoke in Italian. She then replied in perfect Italian that she was very sorry to have disappointed him, and left him stunned.
  • Quotes
    [to Arnold Schwarzenegger after the massive hit of Conan the Barbarian] I make you a star.

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