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Dino de Laurentiis
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Producer Born: August 8, 1919 in Torre Annunziata, Italy Biography:Having studied to be a cinematographer, Italian filmmaker "Dino De Laurentiis" was unable to secure a job in this line and had to settle for a series of menial jobs. When he finally made his full-fledged entry into the movie business at age 20, it was as a producer. World War II prevented De Laurentiis from attaining "boy wonder" status, but after the war he earned international recognition as producer of the neorealist classic "Bitter Rice" (1946). In partnership with director "Federico Fellini" in the early 1950s, De Laurentiis produced such films as "La Strada" (1954) and "Nights of Cabiria" (1956). When Fellini broke up the partnership, De Laurentiis decided to turn his back on Art and concentrate on Commerce. He produced several popular "spectaculars" of the era, with gladiators, slave girls and outsized battle sequences in abundance. He also set up his own motion picture production center,... Full Biography
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