
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 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]
69 directing credits · 13 acting credits
Directing · 69

Il Sorpasso
1962

The Bishop's Bedroom
1977

Life with the Kids
1991

First Love
1978

Mission of Love
1993

Life with the Kids
1990

Scent of a Woman
1974
...e la vita continua
1984

The Priest's Wife
1970

The Dolls
1965

I See Naked
1969

March on Rome
1962

Venice, the Moon and You
1958

Sesso e volentieri
1982

Oh! Sabella
1957

Teresa
1987

That's How We Women Are
1971

How Funny Can Sex Be?
1973

The Sign of Venus
1955

Weekend, Italian Style
1965

Il vizio di vivere
1988

I'm Photogenic
1980

The Widower
1959

Good King Dagobert
1984

The Prophet
1968

Sunday Lovers
1980

Love in Rome
1960

In the Name of the Italian People
1971

The New Monsters
1977

The Tiger and the Pussycat
1967

The Monsters
1963

Love in the City
1953

The Treasure of San Gennaro
1966

Scandal in Sorrento
1955

Love and Larceny
1960

Madman at War
1985

Lost Soul
1977

Complexes
1965

A Difficult Life
1961

Normal Young Man
1969

Il commissario Lo Gatto
1986

I'll Be Going Now
1991

The Career of a Chambermaid
1976

Il gaucho
1964

Ghost of Love
1981

Dirty Weekend
1973

Dear Father
1979

Poor But Beautiful
1957

The Thursday
1964

Running Away
1989

Poor Millionaires
1959

Vacation with a Gangster
1952

Our Husbands
1966

Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses
1968

The Street of Hope
1953

Poor Girl, Pretty Girl
1957

Giovani e belli
1996

Esercizi di stile
1996

A porte chiuse
1961

La fabbrica del duomo
1949

1848
1948

Without Words
1977

Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
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I Mostri [Episodi Inediti]
1963

Le ragazze di Miss Italia
2002

Towards Life
1946

Tigullio minore
1947

Lights Out in the Cinema Hall
1950
Barboni
1946
Acting · 13

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Spécial cinéma
1974

Sodankylä Forever
2010

Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
1984

A Beautiful Vacation
2006

The Invisible Wall
1991

Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo
2024

Monicelli: La versione di Mario
2012
Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne
2007

Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
2007

Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant
2015

I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto
2004

Speaking with Gassman
2005