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Federico Fellini

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Federico Fellini

Born January 20, 1920 in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyDied October 31, 199328 films

Federico Fellini, Knight Grand Cross (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century.

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Personal and highly idiosyncratic visions of society, Fellini's films are a unique combination of memory, dreams, fantasy, surrealism and desire. The adjectives "Fellinian" and "Felliniesque" are "synonymous with any kind of extravagant, fanciful, even baroque image in the cinema and in art in general".

In a career spanning almost fifty years, Fellini won the Palme d'Or for La Dolce Vita, was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and directed four motion pictures that won Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. In 1993, he was awarded an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

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8½ posterFirst watch8½19638.1Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
La Dolce Vita poster8.0La Dolce Vita1960Amarcord poster7.9Amarcord1973La Strada poster7.9La Strada1954Nights of Cabiria poster8.0Nights of Cabiria1957I Vitelloni poster7.7I Vitelloni1953Roma poster7.3Roma1972Juliet of the Spirits poster7.2Juliet of the Spirits1965The White Sheik poster7.2The White Sheik1952

Filmography

28 films as director
  1. 2003Fellini's TV AdvertisementsDirector
  2. 1991The King of AdsDirector
  3. 1990The Voice of the MoonDirector
  4. 1987IntervistaDirector
  5. 1986Ginger and FredDirector
  6. 1983And the Ship Sails OnDirector
  7. 1980City of WomenDirector
  8. 1979Orchestra RehearsalDirector
  9. 1976Fellini's CasanovaDirector
  10. 1973AmarcordDirector
  11. 1972RomaDirector
  12. 1970The ClownsDirector
  13. 1969SatyriconDirector
  14. 1969Fellini: A Director’s NotebookDirector
  15. 1968Spirits of the DeadDirector
  16. 1968Toby DammitDirector
  17. 1965Juliet of the SpiritsDirector
  18. 19638½Director
  19. 1962Boccaccio '70Director
  20. 1962The Temptation of Dr. AntonioDirector
  21. 1960La Dolce VitaDirector
  22. 1957Nights of CabiriaDirector
  23. 1955The SwindleDirector
  24. 1954La StradaDirector
  25. 1953Love in the CityDirector
  26. 1953I VitelloniDirector
  27. 1952The White SheikDirector
  28. 1950Variety LightsDirector