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).[from Wikipedia]
Filmography
all 89
Movies 85
Director 69
self 10
Writer 8
TV Shows 4
Voice 1
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant (2015)
Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012)
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
A Very Very Beautiful Love Story (2010)
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (2007)
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne (2007)
A Beautiful Vacation (2006)
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala (2005)
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto (2004)
Le ragazze di Miss Italia (2002)
Giovani e belli (1996)
Esercizi di stile (1996)
Mission of Love (1993)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
The Invisible Wall (1991)
I'll Be Going Now (1991)
Life with the Kids (1990)
Running Away (1989)
Il vizio di vivere (1988)
Teresa (1987)
Il commissario Lo Gatto (1986)
Madman at War (1985)
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984)
Good King Dagobert (1984)
...e la vita continua (1984)
Sesso e volentieri (1982)
Ghost of Love (1981)
Sunday Lovers (1980)
I'm Photogenic (1980)
Dear Father (1979)
First Love (1978)
The New Monsters (1977)
The Bishop's Bedroom (1977)
Senza parole (1977)
Lost Soul (1977)
The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Spécial cinéma (1974)
How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973)
Dirty Weekend (1973)
In the Name of the Italian People (1971)
That's How We Women Are (1971)
The Priest's Wife (1970)
Il giovane normale (1969)
I See Naked (1969)
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968)
The Prophet (1968)
The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967)
The Treasure of San Gennaro (1966)
Our Husbands (1966)
Weekend, Italian Style (1965)
Complexes (1965)
The Dolls (1965)
Il gaucho (1964)
The Thursday (1964)
The Monsters (1963)
I Mostri [Episodi Inediti] (1963)
Il successo (1963)
March on Rome (1962)
Il Sorpasso (1962)
A Difficult Life (1961)
A porte chiuse (1961)
Love in Rome (1960)
Love and Larceny (1960)
The Widower (1959)
Poor Millionaires (1959)
Venice, the Moon and You (1958)
Fast and Sexy (1958)
Poor Girl, Pretty Girl (1957)
Oh! Sabella (1957)
Poor But Beautiful (1957)
The Monte Carlo Story (1956)
Scandal in Sorrento (1955)
Disperato addio (1955)
The Sign of Venus (1955)
Love in the City (1953)
The Street of Hope (1953)
Sunday Heroes (1952)
Toto and the Kings of Rome (1952)
Vacation with a Gangster (1952)
Anna (1951)
Songs in the streets (1950)
Lights Out in the Cinema Hall (1950)
La fabbrica del duomo (1949)
1848 (1948)
Tigullio minore (1947)
Towards Life (1946)
Piccolo mondo antico (1941)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1916-12-23
Deathday2008-06-07 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceMilan, Italy
Religionatheism
ChildrenMarco Risi, Claudio Risi
RelativesElda Mazzocchi Scarzella, Luigi Mazzocchi, Cesare Mazzocchi
CitizenshipsKingdom of Italy, Italy
Also Known AsДино Ризи, 디노 리시
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, César Award for Best Foreign Film
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