Dino Risi

Known for DirectingBorn 1916-12-23Died 2008-06-07Milan, Italy

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]Read more

Movies & web series

Disperato addio

Towards Life

Spécial cinéma

Le ragazze di Miss Italia

Il Sorpasso

Scent of a Woman

A Difficult Life

Lights Out in the Cinema Hall

Scent of a Woman

March on Rome

The Treasure of San Gennaro

Running Away

The Widower

The Monsters

Tigullio minore

Esercizi di stile

Mission of Love

In the Name of the Italian People

Love and Larceny

...e la vita continua

The Invisible Wall

Anna

Ghost of Love

The New Monsters

Oh! Sabella

Vacation with a Gangster

The Thursday

Complexes

The Tiger and the Pussycat

Toto and the Kings of Rome

La fabbrica del duomo

Lost Soul

Il gaucho

Dear Father

Scandal in Sorrento

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

Poor But Beautiful

The Sign of Venus

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

Poor Girl, Pretty Girl

Piccolo mondo antico

Weekend, Italian Style

Love in the City

I'll Be Going Now

A porte chiuse

That's How We Women Are

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

A Beautiful Vacation