Portrait of Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

Directing

Biography

Federico Fellini, Knight Grand Cross (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered filmmakers of the 20th century. Personal and highly idiosyncratic visions of society, Fellini's films are a unique combination of memory, dreams, fantasy, surrealism and desire. The adjectives "Fellinian" and "Felliniesque" are "synonymous with any kind of extravagant, fanciful, even baroque image in the cinema and in art in general". In a career spanning almost fifty years, Fellini won the Palme d'Or for La Dolce Vita, was nominated for twelve Academy Awards, and directed four motion pictures that won Oscars in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. In 1993, he was awarded an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.

Born: January 20, 1920

Place of Birth: Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Filmography

2024
2021
Fellinopolis

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2021
2020
Fantastic Mr. Fellini

as Self (archive footage)

2015
The End of a Beautiful Epoch

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
2014
2013
How Strange to be Named Federico

as Sé stesso (materiale d'archivio)

2013
Sur les traces de Fellini

as Himself (archive footage)

2011
Giovanna Cau - Diversamente giovane

as Self (archive footage)

2010
1960

as Self (archive footage)

2009
What Do You Know About Me

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Vittorio D.

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Fellini's Homecoming

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Once Upon a Time... 'Rome, Open City'

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Marcello, una vita dolce

as Self (archive footage)

2006
2005
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Un film et son époque

as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Last Sequence

as Self (voice) (archive footage)

2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

as Self (archive footage)

2002
The Magic of Fellini

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self (archive footage)

1994
A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

as Self (archive footage)

1993
Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Intervista

as Federico Fellini (uncredited)

1983
Il tassinaro

as Federico Fellini

1983
Notre Dame de la Croisette

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974
1972
Roma

as Self (uncredited)

1970
The Clowns

as Federico Fellini (uncredited)

1970
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1966
1956
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1950
The Ways of Love

as The Stranger

1948
L'amore

as The Tramp

1946
Paisan

as Man in Crowd (uncredited)