Image of Dino Risi

Dino Risi

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. Has two brothers, an older brother Fernando Risi (1890-?) a cinematographer and a younger brother, Nelo Risi (1920-) a director and writer. At the age of twelve, Risi became an orphan and was looked after by relatives and friends of his family. He studied medicine and later became a psychiatrist. 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]


Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
Born:
Dec 23, 1916 In Milano (Italy)
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer 1984-09-08
Latest Project:
Movie Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant 2015-01-14
Known For
Poster of Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Poster of A Beautiful Vacation
Filmography
Movie Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant Self 2015-01-14
Movie Monicelli: La versione di Mario Self (archive footage) 2012-01-30
Movie Sodankylä Forever Self 2010-08-05
Movie Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Self 2007-10-21
Movie A Beautiful Vacation Self 2006-12-23
Movie I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto Self 2004-01-01
Movie The Invisible Wall Direttore del Giornale (voice) 1991-09-13
Movie Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer Self 1984-09-08