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Dino Risi

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Dino Risi

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Italian film director (1916-2008)

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Dino Risi was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and psychiatrist who began his professional career in 1946. Born in Milan in 1916, he was educated at the University of Milan and Sapienza University of Rome. His notable works include *Scent of a Woman*, *Poor, But Handsome*, *The Priest's Wife*, and *Il sorpasso*. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.

Risi received several honors, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, the Golden Shell, the César Award for Best Foreign Film, and the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He was the father of Claudio Risi and Marco Risi. Risi died of cancer in Rome in 2008.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1917
Works
2

Top works

  • I miei mostri
  • Una vita difficile

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Directing · Milan, Italy

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…

Known for

  • Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant — Self2015
  • Monicelli: La versione di Mario — Self (archive footage)2012
  • Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow — Self2007
  • Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne — Self2007
  • A Beautiful Vacation — Self2006
  • Speaking with Gassman2005
  • I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto — Self2004
  • The Invisible Wall — Direttore del Giornale (voice)1991
  • Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer — Self1984

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
12
Total plays
23

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule—Generic: A Standard Measure of Social and Communication Deficits Associated with the Spectrum of Autism

    · 2000 · cited 6,320x

  2. A Survey of Methods for Explaining Black Box Models

    · 2018 · cited 3,698x

  3. Aryl−Aryl Bond Formation by Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Direct Arylation

    · 2007 · cited 3,550x

  4. Gaussian Approximation Potentials: The Accuracy of Quantum Mechanics, without the Electrons

    · 2010 · cited 2,832x

  5. Visualizing secretion and synaptic transmission with pH-sensitive green fluorescent proteins

    · 1998 · cited 2,340x

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Key facts

Born
( 1916-12-23 ) 23 December 1916, Milan , Kingdom of Italy
Died
7 June 2008 (2008-06-07) (aged 91), Rome , Italy
Occupation
Film director
Years active
1946–2002
Awards
1976: César Award for Best Foreign Film for Scent of a Woman

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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Biography

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