In 1993 he received an Academy Award (Oscar) for his lifetime achievement. In 1948 Fellini acted in Rossellini's Il Miracolo. A central figure in the international art cinema movement that took off in the mid-1950s, he earned some of film’s highest honors, winning Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for La strada, Nights of Cabiria, 8 1/2, and Amarcord, and the Palme d’Or at Cannes for La dolce vita. In 1945 Fellini had a son who survived for only 2 weeks it was the only son of Fellini and Giulietta Masina. Federico Fellini (19201993) was a masterful artist of memory, dreams, fantasy, and desire. Other actors Fellini frequently worked with include Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and Anita Ekberg. He wrote also for other directors as Alberto Lattuada, Pietro Germi and Luigi Comencini.įellini's wife, actress Giulietta Masina (married in 1943) was often in his movies. Fellini took also part in writing another of Rossellini's movies: Paisà. In the same year started his contribution to Rossellini's Roma Città Aperta, with Aldo Fabrizi. The shop was named (in English) The Funny Face Shop, and contained works from Fellini and De Seta, Verdini, Camerini, Scarpelli, Majorana, Guasta, Giobbe, Attalo, Migneco (all writers, directors or otherwise intellectuals working for Italian cinema). In 1944, when Fascism was over, he opened a shop in Rome in which he sold these drawings. It is with these works that young Fellini encountered cinema: his first success was in drawing advertising pictures for movies.ĭuring Fascism an Avanguardista, his first writings were for Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana (ACI), a production company of Vittorio Mussolini, son of Benito, who introduced him to Roberto Rossellini. Fellini also produced several drawings (mostly pencil on paper), often humoristic portraits. Among his best received films are those in which the an adolescent discovers sexuality.Īpart from making films he also wrote scripts for radio shows, for movies (mainly for Rossellini) and wrote comic gags for well known actors like Aldo Fabrizi. Fellini's films typically render the combine memory, dream, and fantasy.
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In making this movie Fellini met Nino Rota, the musician that would follow him for the successful rest of his carrer.Īpart from making films he also wrote scripts for radio shows, for movies (mainly for Ro Federico Fellini (JanuOctober 31, 1993) was a famous Italian film-maker and director. The first movie Fellini directed was Lo Sceicco Bianco (1951), with Alberto Sordi, written by Michelangelo Antonioni and Ennio Flaiano. Among his best received films are those in which the an adolescent discovers sexuality. Description: Federico Fellini (JanuOctober 31, 1993) was a famous Italian film-maker and director.