Dino Risi
Directing
Born December 23, 1916 · Milan, 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]
Directed (65)
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
Le ragazze di Miss Italia
2002
Giovani e belli
1996
Esercizi di stile
1996
I'll Be Going Now
1991
Life with the Kids
1990
Running Away
1989
Il vizio di vivere
1988
Teresa
1987
Il commissario Lo Gatto
1986
Madman at War
1985
Good King Dagobert
1984
Sesso e volentieri
1982
Ghost of Love
1981
Sunday Lovers
1980
I'm Photogenic
1980
Dear Father
1979
First Love
1978
The New Monsters
1977
The Bishop's Bedroom
1977
Lost Soul
1977
The Career of a Chambermaid
1976
Scent of a Woman
1974
How Funny Can Sex Be?
1973
Dirty Weekend
1973
In the Name of the Italian People
1971
That's How We Women Are
1971
The Priest's Wife
1970
Normal Young Man
1969
I See Naked
1969
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968
The Prophet
1968
The Tiger and the Pussycat
1967
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966
Our Husbands
1966
Weekend, Italian Style
1965
Complexes
1965
The Dolls
1965
Il gaucho
1964
The Thursday
1964
The Monsters
1963
![I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fkTvKqR2JFBYu95upYlW9lAKIXU.jpg)
I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963
March on Rome
1962
Il Sorpasso
1962
A Difficult Life
1961
A porte chiuse
1961
Love in Rome
1960
Love and Larceny
1960
The Widower
1959
Poor Millionaires
1959
Venice, the Moon and You
1958
Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1957
Oh! Sabella
1957
Poor But Beautiful
1957
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
The Sign of Venus
1955
Love in the City
1953
The Street of Hope
1953
Vacation with a Gangster
1952
Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
1950
La fabbrica del duomo
1949
1848
1948
Tigullio minore
1947
Towards Life
1946
Barboni
1946
Acting (11)
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
2024
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
2015
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
2012
Sodankylä Forever
2010
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
2007
A Beautiful Vacation
2006
Speaking with Gassman
2005
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004
The Invisible Wall
1991
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984