- Known For
- Production
- Born
- December 11, 1912
- Place of Birth
- Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
- Died
- January 10, 2007
Carlo Ponti
Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World War II, producing some of the country's most acclaimed and financially-successful films of the 1950s and 1960s. Ponti worked with many of the most important directors of Italian cinema of the era, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Vittorio De Sica, as well as many international directors. He helped launch the career of his wife, international film star Sophia Loren. He won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for La Strada (1954) and was nominated for Best Picture for producing Doctor Zhivago (1965). In 1996, he was ascended as a Knight Grand Cross to the Order of Merit of th…
Filmography
movieSophia Loren, a special destiny
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieSaturday, Sunday and Monday
1990 · Executive Producer
movieKiller Fish
1979 · Executive Producer
movieThe Squeeze
1978 · Executive Producer
movieA Special Day
1977 · Producer
movieTwilight of Love
1977 · Producer
movieThe Cassandra Crossing
1976 · Producer
movieUgly, Dirty and Bad
1976 · Producer
movieColpita da improvviso benessere
1976 · Producer
movieBrief Encounter
1976 · Producer
movieThe Boss and the Worker
1975 · Producer
movieThe Sensuous Nurse
1975 · Producer
movieThe Flower in His Mouth
1975 · Producer
movieThe Babysitter
1975 · Producer
movieCry, Onion!
1975 · Producer
movieThe Passenger
1975 · Producer
movieGun Moll
1975 · Producer
moviePolicewoman
1974 · Producer
movieJury of One
1974 · Producer
movieBlood for Dracula
1974 · Producer
movieThe Beast
1974 · Producer
movieWhisky and Ghosts
1974 · Producer
moviePermettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
1974 · Producer
movieRun, Run, Joe!
1974 · Producer
movieThe Voyage
1974 · Producer
movieHigh School Girl
1974 · Producer
movieFlesh for Frankenstein
1973 · Producer
movieGiordano Bruno
1973 · Producer
movieAnna: the Pleasure, the Torment
1973 · Producer
movieMassacre in Rome
1973 · Producer
movieThe Violent Professionals
1973 · Producer
movieGawain and the Green Knight
1973 · Producer
movieDirty Weekend
1973 · Producer
movieDear Parents
1973 · Producer
movieTorso
1973 · Producer
movieWhat?
1972 · Producer
movieThe Pisciotta Case
1972 · Producer
movieWhite Sister
1972 · Producer
movieLady Liberty
1971 · Producer
movieOasis of Fear
1971 · Producer
movieThe Priest's Wife
1970 · Producer
movieZabriskie Point
1970 · Producer
movieSunflower
1970 · Producer
movieA Place for Lovers
1968 · Producer
movieDiamonds for Breakfast
1968 · Producer
movieGhosts, Italian Style
1967 · Producer
movieSmashing Time
1967 · Producer
movieThe Firemen's Ball
1967 · Producer
movieMore Than a Miracle
1967 · Producer
movieThe Girl and the General
1967 · Producer
movieThe Man with the Balloons
1967 · Producer
movieThe 25th Hour
1967 · Producer
movieBlow-Up
1966 · Producer
movieKiss the Other Sheik
1965 · Producer
movieDoctor Zhivago
1965 · Producer
movieLady L
1965 · Producer
movieThe 10th Victim
1965 · Producer
movieCasanova '70
1965 · Producer
movieOperation Crossbow
1965 · Producer
movieTokyo Olympiad
1965 · Thanks
A Look Back at Crossbow
movieA Look Back at Crossbow
1965 · Producer
movieMarriage Italian Style
1964 · Producer
movieControsesso
1964 · Producer
movieThe Ape Woman
1964 · Producer
movieYesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963 · Producer
movieThe Empty Canvas
1963 · Producer
movieContempt
1963 · Producer
movieAdultero lui, adultera lei
1963 · Producer
movieThe Carabineers
1963 · Producer
movieBluebeard
1963 · Producer
movieLe Doulos
1962 · Producer
movieThe Condemned of Altona
1962 · Producer
movieArturo's Island
1962 · Producer
movieRedhead
1962 · Producer
movieThe Third Lover
1962 · Producer
movieCléo from 5 to 7
1962 · Producer
movieBoccaccio '70
1962 · Producer
movieLéon Morin, Priest
1961 · Producer
movieA Woman Is a Woman
1961 · Producer
movieLola
1961 · Producer
movieTwo Women
1960 · Producer
movieIl corazziere
1960 · Producer
movieLetters of a Novice
1960 · Producer
movieA Breath of Scandal
1960 · Producer
movieHeller in Pink Tights
1960 · Producer
movieThat Kind of Woman
1959 · Producer
movieThe Black Orchid
1959 · Producer
movieCamping
1958 · Producer
movieMarch's Child
1958 · Producer
movieFemale Three Times
1957 · Producer
movieSusanna tutta panna
1957 · Producer
movieMarisa
1957 · Producer
movieGuendalina
1957 · Producer
movieThe Railroad Man
1956 · Producer
moviePeccato di castità
1956 · Producer
movieWar and Peace
1956 · Executive Producer
movieRice Girl
1956 · Producer
movieGirls of Today
1955 · Producer
movieL'ultimo amante
1955 · Producer
movieThe Miller's Beautiful Wife
1955 · Producer
movieTotò all'inferno
1955 · Producer
movieWoman of the River
1954 · Producer
movieAttila
1954 · Producer
movieAn American in Rome
1954 · Producer
movieThe Gold of Naples
1954 · Producer
movieWoman of Rome
1954 · Producer
movieIl medico dei pazzi
1954 · Producer
movieUlysses
1954 · Producer
movieLa Strada
1954 · Producer
movieMambo
1954 · Producer
movieHuman Torpedoes
1954 · Producer
tvReflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
movieWhere Is Freedom?
1954 · Producer
movieEasy Years
1953 · Producer
movieThe She-Wolf
1953 · Producer
movieJolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair
1953 · Producer
movieThe Unfaithfuls
1953 · Producer
movieToto and the Women
1952 · Producer
movieEuropa '51
1952 · Producer
movieI tre corsari
1952 · Producer
movieÈ arrivato l'accordatore
1952 · Producer
movieGirls Marked Danger
1952 · Producer
movieSensualità
1952 · Producer
movieLieutenant Giorgio
1952 · Producer
movieTotó in color
1952 · Producer
movieBrothers of Italy
1952 · Producer
movieAnna
1951 · Producer
movieCops and Robbers
1951 · Producer
movieIl padrone del vapore
1951 · Producer
movieLast Meeting
1951 · Producer
movieToto the Third Man
1951 · Producer
movieDamn the Taxes!!
1951 · Producer
movieThe Knight is Here
1950 · Producer
movieOutlaw Girl
1950 · Producer
movieA Dog’s Life
1950 · Producer
movieThe White Line
1950 · Producer
movieHer Favourite Husband
1950 · Producer
movieThe Emperor of Capri
1949 · Producer
movieRomanticismo
1949 · Producer
movieTotò Looking for a House
1949 · Producer
movieThe Mill on the Po
1949 · Producer
movieCampane a martello
1949 · Producer
movieWithout Pity
1948 · Producer
movieGuaglio
1948 · Producer
movieLezioni di Geometria
1948 · Producer
movieEscape to France
1948 · Producer
movieLost Youth
1948 · Producer
movieLes Misérables - Storm Over Paris
1948 · Producer
movieLes Misérables
1948 · Producer
movieLovers Without Love
1948 · Producer
movieTo Live in Peace
1947 · Producer
movieLa primula bianca
1947 · Producer
movieProfessor, My Son
1946 · Producer
movieUn americano in vacanza
1946 · Producer
movieAlbergo Luna, camera 34
1946 · Producer
movieTwo Anonymous Letters
1945 · Producer
movieLa freccia nel fianco
1945 · Producer
movieLa primadonna
1943 · Producer
movieGiacomo l'idealista
1943 · Producer
movieSignorinette
1942 · Producer
moviePiccolo mondo antico
1941 · Producer