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Dino Risi

Born
1916-12-23
Birthplace
Milan,
Italy
Born
1916-12-23
Died
2008-06-07
(91 years old)
Birthplace
Milan
Italy
Biography

Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of Commedia all'italiana. He was b......

Profile of Dino Risi

Dino Risi

Born
1916-12-23
Died
2008-06-07
(91 years old)
Birthplace
Milan
Italy
Born
1916-12-23
Died
2008-06-07
(91 years old)
Birthplace
Milan
Italy
Biography

Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of Commedia all'italiana. He was born in Milan. Risi started his career in cinema as an assistant director to cinema figures such as Mario Soldati and Alberto Lattuada. Later he began directing his own films and was credited with giving early opportunities to future acting stars such as Sophia Loren and Vittorio Gassman. His 1966 film Treasure of San Gennaro was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. His biggest hits were Poor, But Handsome (Poveri ma belli), followed by two sequels, which he also directed; A Difficult Life (Una vita difficile); The Easy Life (Il sorpasso); Opiate '67 or, in a cut version, 15 From Rome (I Mostri); and Scent Of A Woman (Profumo di Donna), which was remade by Martin Brest starring Al Pacino in 1992. In 2002, he was awarded the Golden Lion – Honorary Award (Leone d'oro alla carriera) at the Venice Film Festival for his life-time work. Two of his films, Il giovedì and Il commissario Lo Gatto, were shown in a retrospective section on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. He died on 7 June 2008 at his residence in Rome. He was 91 and is survived by two children, Claudio and Marco (film director).

90 titles with 164 credits

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

1975

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Spécial cinéma poster

1974

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Scent of a Woman poster

1992

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Il Sorpasso poster

1962

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The Monsters poster

1963

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Scent of a Woman poster

1974

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The Widower poster

1959

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Complexes poster

1965

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The New Monsters poster

1977

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The Treasure of San Gennaro poster

1966

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Scandal in Sorrento poster

1955

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A Difficult Life poster

1961

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In the Name of the Italian People poster

1971

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Il commissario Lo Gatto poster

1986

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The Sign of Venus poster

1955

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Poor But Beautiful poster

1957

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Lost Soul poster

1977

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Love in the City poster

1953

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How Funny Can Sex Be? poster

1973

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Love and Larceny poster

1960

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I'm Photogenic poster

1980

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Ghost of Love poster

1981

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The Bishop's Bedroom poster

1977

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Venice, the Moon and You poster

1958

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Madman at War poster

1985

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Oh! Sabella poster

1957

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First Love poster

1978

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Sunday Lovers poster

1980

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Dear Father poster

1979

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Toto and the Kings of Rome poster

1952

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The Monte Carlo Story poster

1956

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Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses poster

1968

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March on Rome poster

1962

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The Invisible Wall poster

1991

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Good King Dagobert poster

1984

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The Tiger and the Pussycat poster

1967

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I See Naked poster

1969

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Il gaucho poster

1964

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Poor Millionaires poster

1959

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Weekend, Italian Style poster

1965

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Poor Girl, Pretty Girl poster

1957

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Anna poster

1951

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The Priest's Wife poster

1970

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The Career of a Chambermaid poster

1976

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The Thursday poster

1964

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Piccolo mondo antico poster

1941

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The Prophet poster

1968

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Teresa poster

1987

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The Dolls poster

1965

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Our Husbands poster

1966

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I'll Be Going Now poster

1991

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Fast and Sexy poster

1958

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That's How We Women Are poster

1971

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Love in Rome poster

1960

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Dirty Weekend poster

1973

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Running Away poster

1989

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Sesso e volentieri poster

1982

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Life with the Kids poster

1990

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The Street of Hope poster

1953

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Normal Young Man poster

1969

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A porte chiuse poster

1961

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Sunday Heroes poster

1952

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Giovani e belli poster

1996

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Il vizio di vivere poster

1988

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Monicelli: La versione di Mario poster

2012

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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer poster

1984

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Vacation with a Gangster poster

1952

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A Beautiful Vacation poster

2006

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Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow poster

2007

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Songs in the streets poster

1950

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Mission of Love poster

1993

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Lights Out in the Cinema Hall poster

1950

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Tigullio minore poster

1947

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Life with the Kids poster

1991

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1848 poster

1948

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Barboni poster

1946

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...e la vita continua poster

1984

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Sodankylä Forever poster

2010

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I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto poster

2004

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Esercizi di stile poster

1996

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Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo poster

2024

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Le ragazze di Miss Italia poster

2002

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Disperato addio poster

1955

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Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant poster

2015

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Towards Life poster

1946

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Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne poster

2007

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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti] poster

1963

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Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala poster

2005

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La fabbrica del duomo poster

1949

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Speaking with Gassman poster

2005

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