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Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 October 31, 1993) was an Italian film-maker
and director and one of the key film auteurs of the second half of the
twentieth century. Fellini's films typically combine memory, dreams, and
fantasy.
Born in and raised in Rimini, his childhood experiences would later play an
important part in many of his films.
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Fellini's first solo-directed film was Lo Sceicco Bianco (1951), with
Alberto Sordi, written by Michelangelo Antonioni and Ennio Flaiano. In
making this movie Fellini met Nino Rota, the musician who would follow him
for the successful remainder of his career.
In addition to 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 also produced several drawings (mostly pencil on
paper), often humorous portraits. It is with these works that young Fellini
encountered cinema: his first success was in drawing advertising pictures
for movies.
During Mussolini's Fascist regime, he was an Avanguardista, and his first
writings were for Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana (ACI), the production
company of Vittorio Mussolini, son of Benito, who introduced him to Roberto
Rossellini, husband of Swedish-born actress Ingrid Bergman.
In 1944, after Mussolini's downfall, Fellini opened a shop in Rome in which
he sold his drawings. 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 the same year he
started his contribution to Rossellini's Roma cittą aperta, starring Aldo
Fabrizi.
Fellini also took part in writing another of Rossellini's movies, Paisą. He
wrote also for other directors such as Alberto Lattuada, Pietro Germi, and
Luigi Comencini.
Fellini's wife, actress Giulietta Masina (married in 1943) was often in his
movies. Other actors with whom Fellini frequently worked include Marcello
Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, and Anita Ekberg.
In 1945 Fellini had a son who survived for only 2 weeks; he was the only son
of Fellini and Giulietta Masina.
In 1948 Fellini acted in Rossellini's Il Miracolo.
Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s his films were widely acclaimed
and he was rewarded with several Oscars.
In 1991 Fellini's text "Trip to Tulum" was translated into English by
Stefano Gaudiano and published in a graphic form in the magazine: Crisis
with artwork by Milo Manara.
In 1993 he received an Academy Award ("Oscar") for his lifetime achievement.
That same year, he died in Rome at the age of 73.
The Federico Fellini International Airport in Rimini, is named in his honor. |
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