Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini, one of the most famous Italian film-makers and screenwriters, was born in Rimini, a charming city on the Adriatic coast, on the 20th January 1920.
At the end of a long career, in 1992, he had an Honorary Oscar Academy Award in recognition of his place as one of the screen's master storytellers.
He died few month later in Rome where he spent the most part of his life.
His style is unique; in all his films he depicted unforgettablle characters, rich in contradictions and details, as Fellini himself was. His great ability to portray people is a gift he discovered very young and he worked as caricaturist to gain some money. From his wide repertoire two titles are the most famous world-wide: La Dolce Vita and 8e1/2.
Another celebrated Fellini film is Amarcord; this title means "I remember" in "romagnolo", the dialect spoken in Romagna, where his hometown Rimini is located. In fact this film is an oneiric poem about the Rimini of his youth, his beloved city, where he rarely returned during his lifetime. He always had mixed feeling for this city; he loves it like a mother, a woman, a prostitute. Rimini reminds him about where he came from, what he's escaping from, who he is.
He moved to Rome in 1939, after attending Liceo Classico. Telling people he went here to study law, instead he wanted to become journalist; this part of his life is fundamental in the ideation of the subject matter of La Dolce Vita.
Most part of his work is autobiographical and he always had a dark, nostalgic side that he wanted to suffocate by art, music, CINEMA.
He said he thought about himself more as a craftsman than as an artist and he kept working hard throughout his whole life.
In 1943 he married Giulietta Masina, an actress who played in many of Fellini's films. Fellini's heritage is one of the important for the history of international cinema.
His value will never be forgotten to those who really love cinema and believe that art on the screen is not only possible, but necessary.



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Federico Fellini - what members say

Federico Fellini - filmography

5 most recent films

Ginger And Fred - 3.0 stars
And The Ship Sails On - 3.0 stars
Orchestra Rehearsal - 3.0 stars
Fellini's Casanova - 3.0 stars
Spirits Of The Dead - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

La Strada - 4.0 stars
Nights of Cabiria - 4.0 stars
I Vitelloni - 3.5 stars
Il Bidone - 3.5 stars
The White Sheik - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Fellini - Satyricon - 2.5 stars
Spirits Of The Dead - 3.0 stars
Spirits Of The Dead - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Fellini's Casanova - 3.0 stars
Ginger And Fred - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Giulietta Masina - 6 times - show films
Marcello Mastroianni - 3 times - show films
Franco Fabrizi - 3 times - show films
Salvo Randone - 3 times - show films
Brigitte Bardot - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Louis Malle - 2 times - show films
Roger Vadim - 2 times - show films
Luchino Visconti - 1 times - show films
Vittorio D - 1 times - show films
Michelangelo Antonioni - 1 times - show films