Carlo PontiNationality:
Italian Birthdate:
12/11/1910 Birthplace:
Milan, Italy Death Date:
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biography
Worked for Lux Films in Rome from 1945 to 1949, where he oversaw several features by directors including Mario Camerini and Alberto Lattuada. In 1950 Ponti began a successful partnership with Dino De Laurentiis, producing a number of noted films such as Federico Fellini's "La Strada" (1954). He then branched out on his own in the mid-1950s, scoring critical and popular success with international productions by directors such as Vittorio De Sica, Jean-Luc Godard and David Lean.Ponti's 1957 marriage to Sophia Loren sparked off a string of Italian legal complications (a previous divorce was still
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1942
First feature producing credit, "Piccolo Mondo Antico/Old-Fashioned World"
1950
Begins producing partnership with Dino De Laurentiis
1954
Produces Fellini's "La Strada"
1957
Dissolves partneship with De Laurentiis and marries Sophia Loren
1958
First American producing credit, "The Black Orchid"
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