
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