Dino Risi
Biography
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]
Acting (9 movies)
Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
2015
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
2012
Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984
A Beautiful Vacation
2006
Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007
I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004
The Invisible Wall
1991
Sodankylä Forever
2010
Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
2024
Directing (66 movies)
Love in the City
1953
Il Sorpasso
1962
Lost Soul
1977
The Bishop's Bedroom
1977
Good King Dagobert
1984
![I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200/fkTvKqR2JFBYu95upYlW9lAKIXU.jpg)
I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963
The New Monsters
1977
The Monsters
1963
Poor But Beautiful
1957
Dear Father
1979
In the Name of the Italian People
1971
Oh! Sabella
1957
Scent of a Woman
1974
Venice, the Moon and You
1958
I See Naked
1969
Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1957
First Love
1978
The Dolls
1965
The Thursday
1964
Running Away
1989
Love and Larceny
1960
Madman at War
1985
Scandal in Sorrento
1955
The Widower
1959
A Difficult Life
1961
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968
I'm Photogenic
1980
The Sign of Venus
1955
The Tiger and the Pussycat
1967
Love in Rome
1960
March on Rome
1962
The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966
Our Husbands
1966
Il commissario Lo Gatto
1986
The Career of a Chambermaid
1976
Ghost of Love
1981
Sunday Lovers
1980
How Funny Can Sex Be?
1973
Weekend, Italian Style
1965
I'll Be Going Now
1991
Sesso e volentieri
1982
The Prophet
1968
Il gaucho
1964
Normal Young Man
1969
The Priest's Wife
1970
Vacation with a Gangster
1952
Life with the Kids
1990
Teresa
1987
Towards Life
1946
Tigullio minore
1947
Poor Millionaires
1959
La fabbrica del duomo
1949
Le ragazze di Miss Italia
2002
Dirty Weekend
1973
The Street of Hope
1953
Il vizio di vivere
1988
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
Without Words
1977
1848
1948
That's How We Women Are
1971
Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
1950
A porte chiuse
1961
Complexes
1965
Giovani e belli
1996
Esercizi di stile
1996
Barboni
1946