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Federico Fellini

Directing

Born January 20, 1920 · Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Died October 31, 1993

Also known as Il Maestro · FeFe · フェデリコ・フェリーニ

Biography

Federico Fellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. Recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films rank highly in critical polls such as that of Cahiers du Cinéma and Sight & Sound, which lists his 1963 film 8½ as the 10th-greatest film of all time.

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Awards & recognition

  • Academy Honorary Award · 1991
  • Praemium Imperiale · 1990
  • European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 1989
  • Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 1957
  • Silver Lion · 1953
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  • BAFTA Award — Best Production Design
  • Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Foreign Film
  • Bodil Awards
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour
  • David di Donatello — Best Original Script
  • David di Donatello — Best Director
  • David di Donatello Luchino Visconti
  • David René Clair
  • Directors Guild of America
  • Film at Lincoln Center
  • French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards
  • Golden Lion — Lifetime Achievement
  • Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival
  • Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1966
  • Kinema Junpo
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • Moscow International Film Festival awards
  • Nastro d'Argento — Best Screenplay
  • Nastro d'Argento — the director of the best film
  • Nastro d'Argento — Best Subject
  • New York Film Critics Circle Awards
  • Palme d'Or
  • Sant Jordi Prize
  • SESC Film Festival
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1977 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1976 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1976 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1971 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1964 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1964 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Director · 1962 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1962 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1958 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1957 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 1950 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 1947 · nominated

Filmography28 titles

We All Loved Each Other So Much

1974as Federico Fellini

8½

1963Director, Screenplay, Story

La Dolce Vita

1960Director, Screenplay, Story

Nights of Cabiria

1957Director, Screenplay, Story

Rome, Open City

1945Assistant Director, Screenplay

Amarcord

1973Director, Screenplay, Story

La Strada

1954Director, Screenplay, Story

I Vitelloni

1953Director, Screenplay, Story

Paisan

1946as Man in Crowd (uncredited)

The Swindle

1955Director, Screenplay, Story

The Ship Sails On

1983Director, Screenplay, Story

Ciao, Federico!

1970as Self

Juliet of the Spirits

1965Director, Screenplay, Story

The Flowers of St. Francis

1950Screenplay

City of Women

1980Director, Screenplay, Story

Ginger & Fred

1986Director, Screenplay, Story

Sweet Charity

1969Original Story

Boccaccio '70

1962Director, Screenplay

Variety Lights

1950Associate Producer, Director, Screenplay, Story

Anthony Quinn: An Original

1990as Self

Intervista

1987as Federico Fellini (uncredited)

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Voice of the Moon

1990Director, Screenplay

Love

1948as The Tramp (segment "Il miracolo") (uncredited)

Orchestra Rehearsal

1978Director, Screenplay, Story

Love in the City

1953Director, Writer

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

2000as Self (archive footage)

Spirits of the Dead

1968Adaptation, Director, Screenplay