A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Дино Ризи
디노 리시
Birthplace:
Milan, Italy
Born:
December 23, 1916
Died:
June 7, 2008
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]
Adaptation:
1955 Disperato addio
1969 Il giovane normale
Assistant Director:
1941 Piccolo mondo antico
1955 Disperato addio
1969 Il giovane normale
Characters:
1941 Piccolo mondo antico
1955 Disperato addio
1969 Il giovane normale
1992 Scent of a Woman
Director:
1941 Piccolo mondo antico
1946 Towards Life
1947 Tigullio minore
1948 1848
1949 La fabbrica del duomo
1950 Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
1952 Vacation with a Gangster
1953 Love in the City
1953 The Street of Hope
1955 Disperato addio
1955 Scandal in Sorrento
1955 The Sign of Venus
1957 Oh! Sabella
1957 Poor But Beautiful
1957 Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1958 Venice, the Moon and You
1959 Poor Millionaires
1959 The Widower
1960 Love and Larceny
1960 Love in Rome
1961 A Difficult Life
1961 A porte chiuse
1962 Il Sorpasso
1962 March on Rome
1963 I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963 The Monsters
1964 Il gaucho
1964 The Thursday
1965 Complexes
1965 The Dolls
1965 Weekend, Italian Style
1966 Our Husbands
1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro
1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat
1968 The Prophet
1968 Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1969 I See Naked
1969 Il giovane normale
1970 The Priest's Wife
1971 In the Name of the Italian People
1971 That's How We Women Are
1973 Dirty Weekend
1973 How Funny Can Sex Be?
1974 Scent of a Woman
1976 The Career of a Chambermaid
1977 Lost Soul
1977 Senza parole
1977 The Bishop's Bedroom
1977 The New Monsters
1978 First Love
1979 Dear Father
1980 I'm Photogenic
1980 Sunday Lovers
1981 Ghost of Love
1982 Sesso e volentieri
1984 Good King Dagobert
1985 Madman at War
1986 Il commissario Lo Gatto
1987 Teresa
1988 Il vizio di vivere
1989 Running Away
1990 Life with the Kids
1991 I'll Be Going Now
1992 Scent of a Woman
1996 Esercizi di stile
1996 Giovani e belli
2002 Le ragazze di Miss Italia
2005 Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Screenplay:
1941 Piccolo mondo antico
1946 Towards Life
1947 Tigullio minore
1948 1848
1949 La fabbrica del duomo
1950 Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
1951 Anna
1952 Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952 Vacation with a Gangster
1953 Love in the City
1953 The Street of Hope
1955 Disperato addio
1955 Scandal in Sorrento
1955 The Sign of Venus
1957 Oh! Sabella
1957 Poor But Beautiful
1957 Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1958 Venice, the Moon and You
1959 Poor Millionaires
1959 The Widower
1960 Love and Larceny
1960 Love in Rome
1961 A Difficult Life
1961 A porte chiuse
1962 Il Sorpasso
1962 March on Rome
1963 I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963 The Monsters
1964 Il gaucho
1964 The Thursday
1965 Complexes
1965 The Dolls
1965 Weekend, Italian Style
1966 Our Husbands
1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro
1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat
1968 The Prophet
1968 Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1969 I See Naked
1969 Il giovane normale
1970 The Priest's Wife
1971 In the Name of the Italian People
1971 That's How We Women Are
1973 Dirty Weekend
1973 How Funny Can Sex Be?
1974 Scent of a Woman
1976 The Career of a Chambermaid
1977 Lost Soul
1977 Senza parole
1977 The Bishop's Bedroom
1977 The New Monsters
1978 First Love
1979 Dear Father
1980 I'm Photogenic
1980 Sunday Lovers
1981 Ghost of Love
1982 Sesso e volentieri
1984 Good King Dagobert
1985 Madman at War
1986 Il commissario Lo Gatto
1987 Teresa
1988 Il vizio di vivere
1989 Running Away
1990 Life with the Kids
1991 I'll Be Going Now
1992 Scent of a Woman
1996 Esercizi di stile
1996 Giovani e belli
2002 Le ragazze di Miss Italia
2005 Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Story:
1941 Piccolo mondo antico
1946 Towards Life
1947 Tigullio minore
1948 1848
1949 La fabbrica del duomo
1950 Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
1951 Anna
1952 Sunday Heroes
1952 Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952 Vacation with a Gangster
1953 Love in the City
1953 The Street of Hope
1955 Disperato addio
1955 Scandal in Sorrento
1955 The Sign of Venus
1956 The Monte Carlo Story
1957 Oh! Sabella
1957 Poor But Beautiful
1957 Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1958 Fast and Sexy
1958 Venice, the Moon and You
1959 Poor Millionaires
1959 The Widower
1960 Love and Larceny
1960 Love in Rome
1961 A Difficult Life
1961 A porte chiuse
1962 Il Sorpasso
1962 March on Rome
1963 I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963 The Monsters
1964 Il gaucho
1964 The Thursday
1965 Complexes
1965 The Dolls
1965 Weekend, Italian Style
1966 Our Husbands
1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro
1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat
1968 The Prophet
1968 Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1969 I See Naked
1969 Il giovane normale
1970 The Priest's Wife
1971 In the Name of the Italian People
1971 That's How We Women Are
1973 Dirty Weekend
1973 How Funny Can Sex Be?
1974 Scent of a Woman
1976 The Career of a Chambermaid
1977 Lost Soul
1977 Senza parole
1977 The Bishop's Bedroom
1977 The New Monsters
1978 First Love
1979 Dear Father
1980 I'm Photogenic
1980 Sunday Lovers
1981 Ghost of Love
1982 Sesso e volentieri
1984 Good King Dagobert
1985 Madman at War
1986 Il commissario Lo Gatto
1987 Teresa
1988 Il vizio di vivere
1989 Running Away
1990 Life with the Kids
1991 I'll Be Going Now
1992 Scent of a Woman
1996 Esercizi di stile
1996 Giovani e belli
2002 Le ragazze di Miss Italia
2005 Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Writer:
1941 Piccolo mondo antico
1946 Towards Life
1947 Tigullio minore
1948 1848
1949 La fabbrica del duomo
1950 Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
1950 Songs in the streets
1951 Anna
1952 Sunday Heroes
1952 Toto and the Kings of Rome
1952 Vacation with a Gangster
1953 Love in the City
1953 The Street of Hope
1955 Disperato addio
1955 Scandal in Sorrento
1955 The Sign of Venus
1956 The Monte Carlo Story
1957 Oh! Sabella
1957 Poor But Beautiful
1957 Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1958 Fast and Sexy
1958 Venice, the Moon and You
1959 Poor Millionaires
1959 The Widower
1960 Love and Larceny
1960 Love in Rome
1961 A Difficult Life
1961 A porte chiuse
1962 Il Sorpasso
1962 March on Rome
1963 I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963 The Monsters
1964 Il gaucho
1964 The Thursday
1965 Complexes
1965 The Dolls
1965 Weekend, Italian Style
1966 Our Husbands
1966 The Treasure of San Gennaro
1967 The Tiger and the Pussycat
1968 The Prophet
1968 Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1969 I See Naked
1969 Il giovane normale
1970 The Priest's Wife
1971 In the Name of the Italian People
1971 That's How We Women Are
1973 Dirty Weekend
1973 How Funny Can Sex Be?
1974 Scent of a Woman
1976 The Career of a Chambermaid
1977 Lost Soul
1977 Senza parole
1977 The Bishop's Bedroom
1977 The New Monsters
1978 First Love
1979 Dear Father
1980 I'm Photogenic
1980 Sunday Lovers
1981 Ghost of Love
1982 Sesso e volentieri
1984 Good King Dagobert
1985 Madman at War
1986 Il commissario Lo Gatto
1987 Teresa
1988 Il vizio di vivere
1989 Running Away
1990 Life with the Kids
1991 I'll Be Going Now
1992 Scent of a Woman
1996 Esercizi di stile
1996 Giovani e belli
2002 Le ragazze di Miss Italia
2005 Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Director:
1984 ...e la vita continua
1993 Mission of Love
Screenplay:
1984 ...e la vita continua
1993 Mission of Love
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