- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 23, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Milan, Italy
- Died
- June 7, 2008
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. 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 …
Filmography
movieCiao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieVittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
2015 · Self
movieAspirante vedovo
2013 · Original Story
movieMonicelli: La versione di Mario
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieSophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007 · Self
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
movieDino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
2007 · Self
movieA Beautiful Vacation
2006 · Self
movieSpeaking with Gassman
2005
movieRudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005 · Director
movieI nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004 · Self
movieLe ragazze di Miss Italia
2002 · Director, Screenplay
movieGiovani e belli
1996 · Director, Writer
movieEsercizi di stile
1996 · Screenplay, Director
tvMission of Love
1993 · Director, Screenplay
movieScent of a Woman
1992 · Characters
movieThe Invisible Wall
1991 · Direttore del Giornale (voice)
tvLife with the Kids
1991 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieI'll Be Going Now
1991 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieLife with the Kids
1990 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieRunning Away
1989 · Director, Writer
movieIl vizio di vivere
1988 · Screenplay, Director
movieTeresa
1987 · Director, Story, Writer
movieIl commissario Lo Gatto
1986 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieMadman at War
1985 · Director, Writer
movieFarewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984 · Self
movieGood King Dagobert
1984 · Director, Writer
...e la vita continua
tv...e la vita continua
1984 · Director, Screenplay
movieSesso e volentieri
1982 · Director, Screenplay
movieGhost of Love
1981 · Director, Screenplay
movieSunday Lovers
1980 · Director
movieI'm Photogenic
1980 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieDear Father
1979 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieFirst Love
1978 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieThe New Monsters
1977 · Director
movieWithout Words
1977 · Director
movieThe Bishop's Bedroom
1977 · Director, Screenplay
movieLost Soul
1977 · Director, Screenplay
movieThe Career of a Chambermaid
1976 · Director, Screenplay, Story
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieScent of a Woman
1974 · Director, Screenplay
tvSpécial cinéma
1974 · Self
movieHow Funny Can Sex Be?
1973 · Director, Screenplay
movieDirty Weekend
1973 · Director, Writer
movieIn the Name of the Italian People
1971 · Director
movieThat's How We Women Are
1971 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Priest's Wife
1970 · Director
movieNormal Young Man
1969 · Director, Adaptation
movieI See Naked
1969 · Director, Story
movieTorture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968 · Director, Story
movieThe Prophet
1968 · Story, Director
movieThe Tiger and the Pussycat
1967 · Director, Story
movieThe Treasure of San Gennaro
1966 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieOur Husbands
1966 · Director
movieWeekend, Italian Style
1965 · Story, Director, Screenplay
movieComplexes
1965 · Story, Director, Screenplay
movieThe Dolls
1965 · Director
movieIl gaucho
1964 · Story, Screenplay, Director
movieThe Thursday
1964 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieThe Monsters
1963 · Director, Story, Screenplay
![I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/fkTvKqR2JFBYu95upYlW9lAKIXU.jpg)
movieI Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963 · Director
movieMarch on Rome
1962 · Director
movieIl Sorpasso
1962 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieA Difficult Life
1961 · Director
movieA porte chiuse
1961 · Story, Director
movieLove in Rome
1960 · Director
movieLove and Larceny
1960 · Director
movieThe Widower
1959 · Director, Screenplay, Story
moviePoor Millionaires
1959 · Screenplay, Story, Director
movieVenice, the Moon and You
1958 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieFast and Sexy
1958 · Story
moviePoor Girl, Pretty Girl
1957 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieOh! Sabella
1957 · Director, Screenplay
moviePoor But Beautiful
1957 · Screenplay, Director, Story
movieThe Monte Carlo Story
1956 · Story
movieScandal in Sorrento
1955 · Director, Story
movieDisperato addio
1955 · Adaptation
movieThe Sign of Venus
1955 · Screenplay, Director
movieLove in the City
1953 · Director, Writer
movieThe Street of Hope
1953 · Director, Writer
movieSunday Heroes
1952 · Story
movieToto and the Kings of Rome
1952 · Screenplay
movieVacation with a Gangster
1952 · Director, Story, Screenplay
movieAnna
1951 · Story, Screenplay
movieSongs in the streets
1950 · Writer
movieLights Out in the Cinema Hall
1950 · Director
movieLa fabbrica del duomo
1949 · Director
movie1848
1948 · Director
movieTigullio minore
1947 · Director, Writer
movieTowards Life
1946 · Director
Barboni
movieBarboni
1946 · Director
moviePiccolo mondo antico
1941 · Assistant Director