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Director · Screenwriter

Federico Fellini

ItalyACTIVE 1945–1990
Federico Fellini
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Born
20 January 1920 · Rimini, Italy
Died
31 October 1993 · Rome, Italy
Nationality
Italy
Professions
Director, Screenwriter
Active
1945–1990

From neorealism to waking dream, Fellini turned his own imagination — the circus, the provinces, Rome, women, Catholic guilt — into a personal mythology that became an adjective: Felliniesque.

A four-time winner of the foreign-language Oscar, he made Cinecittà an extension of his memory.

Career

1945–1957
Screenwriter for Rossellini; directs La Strada and Nights of Cabiria.
1960–1972
La Dolce Vita, 8½, Juliet of the Spirits and Roma.
1973–1990
Amarcord and the final films; honorary Oscar in 1993.

Key works

Recommendations · Physical media and books

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Fellini on Fellini — interviewsBook
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8½ — Blu-rayFilm on disc
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Archive

In the credits of

poster · 8½ (1963)
Film · 1963

Italy, France · Drama, Comedy