Dino Risi
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-12-23
Day of Death
2008-06-07 (91 years old)
Place of Birth
Milan, Italy
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]
Known For
Acting
(2024)
Ciao Marcello, Mastroianni l'antidivo
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
(2012)
Monicelli: La versione di Mario
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Sodankylä Forever
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
(2004)
(1991)
The Invisible Wall
as Direttore del Giornale (voice)
(1984)
Crew
(2005)
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Director
(2002)
Le ragazze di Miss Italia
Screenplay, Director
(1996)
Esercizi di stile
Screenplay, Director
(1996)
Giovani e belli
Writer, Director
(1992)
Scent of a Woman
Characters
(1991)
I'll Be Going Now
Screenplay, Director, Story
(1990)
Life with the Kids
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1989)
Running Away
Writer, Director
(1988)
Il vizio di vivere
Screenplay, Director
(1987)
Teresa
Director, Story, Writer
(1986)
Il commissario Lo Gatto
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1985)
Madman at War
Director, Writer
(1984)
Good King Dagobert
Director, Writer
(1982)
Sesso e volentieri
Director, Screenplay
(1981)
Ghost of Love
Director, Screenplay
(1980)
I'm Photogenic
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1980)
Sunday Lovers
Director
(1979)
Dear Father
Screenplay, Director, Story
(1978)
First Love
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1977)
Lost Soul
Director, Screenplay
(1977)
The Bishop's Bedroom
Director, Screenplay
(1977)
The New Monsters
Director
(1977)
Without Words
Director
(1976)
The Career of a Chambermaid
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1974)
Scent of a Woman
Director, Screenplay
(1973)
How Funny Can Sex Be?
Screenplay, Director
(1973)
Dirty Weekend
Director, Writer
(1971)
(1971)
That's How We Women Are
Director, Screenplay
(1970)
The Priest's Wife
Director
(1969)
I See Naked
Director, Story
(1969)
Il giovane normale
Director, Adaptation
(1968)
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
Director, Story
(1968)
The Prophet
Story, Director
(1967)
The Tiger and the Pussycat
Director, Story
(1966)
The Treasure of San Gennaro
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1966)
Our Husbands
Director
(1965)
The Dolls
Director
(1965)
Weekend, Italian Style
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1965)
Complexes
Story, Director, Screenplay
(1964)
The Thursday
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1964)
Il gaucho
Story, Screenplay, Director
(1963)
I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
Director
(1963)
The Monsters
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1962)
Il Sorpasso
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1962)
March on Rome
Director
(1961)
A Difficult Life
Director
(1961)
A porte chiuse
Story, Director
(1960)
Love and Larceny
Director
(1960)
Love in Rome
Director
(1959)
The Widower
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1959)
Poor Millionaires
Story, Screenplay, Director
(1958)
Venice, the Moon and You
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1958)
Fast and Sexy
Story
(1957)
Poor But Beautiful
Screenplay, Director, Story
(1957)
Oh! Sabella
Director, Screenplay
(1957)
Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
Director, Screenplay, Story
(1956)
(1955)
The Sign of Venus
Screenplay, Director
(1955)
Scandal in Sorrento
Director, Story
(1955)
Disperato addio
Adaptation
(1953)
Love in the City
Director, Writer
(1953)
The Street of Hope
Director, Writer
(1952)
Vacation with a Gangster
Director, Story, Screenplay
(1952)
Toto and the Kings of Rome
Screenplay
(1952)
Sunday Heroes
Story
(1951)
Anna
Screenplay, Story
(1950)
Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
Director
(1950)
Songs in the streets
Writer
(1949)
La fabbrica del duomo
Director
(1948)
1848
Director
(1947)
Tigullio minore
Director, Writer
(1946)
Towards Life
Director
(1946)
Barboni
Director
(1941)
Piccolo mondo antico
Assistant Director