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Identification

Type:

Person

Preferred form:

Fellini, Federico (1920-1993)Other forms

Dates of existence/Biographical dates:

Rimini (Emilia-Romaña, Italia) 1920-01-20 - Rome 1993-10-31

History:

Federico Fellini was an Italian worldwide known film director and scriptwriter. He first worked as draftsman and journalist, that let him to earn an important amount of money. At the beginning of his career as film director, he was influenced by the neorrealism of the age, but the most common subjects in his movies were the world of dreams, pathos, cruelty, happiness, grief, the strange, oddness, provocation, humor, show business and the mediterranean. Among his most outstanding movies are: "La Dolce Vita" (1960), "Nights of Cabiria" (1957) or "8½" (1963). He recieved many nominations and awards. Among them, he was nominated to the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "La Strada" (1954), "Nights of Cabiria" (1957), "8½" (1963) and "Amarcord" (1973), winning every time and, in 1993, he won the Oscar Honorory Award.