Dino de Laurentiis

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Nationality: Italian
Birthdate: 08/08/1918
Birthplace: Torre Annunciata, Italy

biography

A colorful and flamboyant producer, Dino De Laurentiis has produced a remarkable range of motion pictures ranging from art-house fare (e.g., Fellini's "La Strada" 1954), camp classics ("Barbarella" 1968), overblown spectacles ("Tai Pan" 1986) and popular entertainments ("Hannibal" 2001). In all, he has either financed, produced or distributed over 600 movies and with the dawn of the new millennium and his seventh decade in the industry, he has shown no inclination of stopping.

Born near Naples, Italy, De Laurentiis entered his father's pasta business while still a teenager, but the idea of Continued

Credits

Virgin Territory
Producer
2007
Pierrot le Fou
Producer
2007
Hannibal Rising
Producer
2007
Red Dragon
Producer
2002
Hannibal
Producer
2001
U-571
Producer
2000
Breakdown
Producer
1997
Unforgettable
Producer
1996
Assassins
Executive Producer
1995
Body of Evidence
Producer
1993
Year of the Dragon
Producer
1985
Ragtime
Producer
1981
The Brink's Job
Executive Producer
1978
Orca
Executive Producer
1977
The Shootist
Producer
1976
Lipstick
Executive Producer
1976
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini
Producer
1976
Three Days of the Condor
Executive Producer
1975
Death Wish
Executive Producer
1974
Serpico
Producer
1973
Diabolik
Producer
1968
Nights of Cabiria
Producer
1957
La Strada
Producer
1956
Fellini
Himself
I Tre Volti
Actor
King of the Gypsies
Producer
King Kong
Producer
Attila
Producer
Flash Gordon
Producer
Hurricane
Producer
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Producer
An Orchid For the Tiger
Producer
Drum
Producer
Once Upon A Crime
Producer
The Stone Killer
Producer
Crazy Joe
Producer
Guendalina
Producer
The Bride Wore Black
Producer
Woman of Rome
Producer
A Man Called Sledge
Producer
Mandingo
Producer
Desperate Hours
Producer
The Serpent's Egg
Producer
The Last Judgement
Producer
Everybody Go Home!
Producer
The Stranger
Producer
The Miller's Wife
Producer
Crimen
Producer
Il Diavolo
Producer
War and Peace
Producer
Tai-Pan
Executive Producer
The Great War
Producer
The Hunchback of Rome
Producer
The Bible
Producer
1966
Dune
Executive Producer
The Fascist
Producer
Kuffs
Executive Producer
The Tempest
Producer
The White Buffalo
Executive Producer
The Dead Zone
Executive Producer
The Bounty
Executive Producer
I Tre Volti
Producer
Barbarella
Producer
Five Branded Women
Producer
The She-Wolf
Producer
The Best of Enemies
Producer
Barabbas
Producer
The Witches
Producer
Sotto dieci bandiere
Producer
Porgi l'Altra Guancia
Producer
Fraulein Doktor
Producer
Waterloo
Producer
Valachi Papers
Producer
Three Tough Guys
Producer
Ulysses
Producer
Anzio
Producer
The Gold of Naples
Producer
This Angry Age
Executive Producer
The Boom
Producer
Mambo
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
1939 
Debut as film producer, "Troppo tardi t'ho conosciuta"
1948 
Breakthrough film, "Riso Amaro/Bitter Rice"; released in the USA in 1950
 
Co-founded (with Carlo Ponti) the Ponti-De Laurentiis Production Company in early 1950s
1954 
Enjoyed success with Fellini's "La Strada"; released in USA in 1956
1956 
Served as producer of "War and Peace"
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