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Federico Fellini
Dreamlike Italian films including La Dolce Vita, 8½ and Amarcord.
La Strada · 8½
- Born
- 20 January 1920
- Birthplace
- Rimini, Italy
- Died
- 31 October 1993
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Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini was an Italian filmmaker who blended memory, spectacle and fantasy into a distinctive cinematic world.
Early life
Rimini childhood
He grew up in the Adriatic town that later supplied material for his films.
Drawing and journalism
Cartoons, caricatures and magazine work preceded his screenwriting career.
Career
- 1940s
Screenwriter
He collaborated on films including Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City.
- 1950s
Directing career
La Strada and Nights of Cabiria established his international reputation.
- 1960s–1970s
Personal cinema
His work increasingly mixed autobiography, dreams and elaborate visual invention.
Selected work
La Strada
Travelling performers form a fragile, unequal partnership.
8½
A filmmaker’s stalled project opens into memory and fantasy.
Amarcord
A provincial town is recalled through comic and unsettling episodes.
Beyond work
Giulietta Masina
He married the actor in 1943; she starred in several of his defining films.
Dream notebooks
His drawings and dream records were later collected in The Book of Dreams.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biographical dates and identifiers ↗Photo: Italiamia. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
