Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was an Italian filmmaker. He is known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His best-known films include I vitelloni (1953), with Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, and Riccardo Fellini; La Strada (1954), with Giulietta Masina (his wife), Anthony Quinn, and Richard Basehart; Nights of Cabiria (1957), with Masina, François Périer, Franca Marzi, Dorian Gray, and Amedeo Nazzari; La Dolce Vita (1960), with Marcello Mastroianni, Anita Ekberg, Anouk Aimée, Yvonne Furneaux, Alain Cuny, Annibale Ninchi, Magali Noël, Lex Barker, Jacques Sernas, and Nadia Gray; 8½ (1963), with Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, and Eddra Gale; Juliet of the Spirits (1965), with Masina, Sandra Milo, Mario Pisu, Valentina Cortese, and Valeska Gert; Fellini Satyricon (1969), with Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone, Magali Noël, Alain Cuny, Lucia Bosè, Tanya Lopert, and Capucine; Roma (1972), with Peter Gonzales, Marne Maitland, and Elisa Mainardi; Amarcord (1973), with Bruno Zanin, Magali Noël, Pupella Maggio, and Armando Brancia; and Fellini’s Casanova (1976), with Donald Sutherland.

Fellini was nominated for 17 Academy Awards over the course of his career, winning a total of four in the category of Best Foreign Language Film (the most for any director in the history of the award). He received an honorary award for Lifetime Achievement at the 65th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of Cahiers du Cinéma and Sight & Sound, which lists his 1963 film 8 1⁄2 as the 10th-greatest film.

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters) Writer/Director

Variety Lights (1950) – co-directed with Alberto Lattuada
The White Shiek (1952)
I vitelloni (1953)
Love in the City (1953) – directed with Michelangelo Antonioni, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, & Cesare Zavattini – anthology
La strada (1954)
Il bidone (1955)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
Boccaccio ’70 (1962) – directed by Mario Monicelli, Luchino Visconti and Vittorio De Sica – anthology
8 1/2 (1963)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
Spirits of the Dead (1968) – directed with Roger Vadim & Louis Malle – anthology
Fellini: A Director’s Notebook (1969) – TV documentary
Fellini Satyricon (1969)
The Clowns (1970) – TV movie
Roma (1972)
Amarcord (1973)
Fellini’s Casanova (1976)
Orchestra Rehearsal (1979)
City of Women (1980)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Interview (1987)
The Voice of the Moon (1990)

Co-Writer

Knights of the Desert (1942) – directed by Gino Talamo & Osvaldo Valenti
Before the Postman (1942) – directed by Mario Bonnard
The Peddler and the Lady (1943) – directed by Mario Bonnard
The Last Wagon (1943) – directed by Mario Mattoli
The Whole City Sings (1945) – directed by Riccardo Freda
Rome, Open City (1945) – directed by Roberto Rossellini
Paisan (1946) – directed by Roberto Rossellini
Return of the Black Eagle (1946) – directed by Riccardo Freda – uncredited
Flesh Will Surrender (1947) – directed by Alberto Lattuada
Bullet for Stefano (1947) – directed by Duilio Coletti
Without Pity (1948) – directed by Alberto Lattuada
L’Amore (1948) – directed by Roberto Rossellini – anthology film – also actor
The Mill of the Po (1949) – directed by Alberto Lattuada
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) – directed by Roberto Rossellini
Path of Hope (1950) – directed by Pietro Germi
Four Ways Out (1951) – directed by Pietro Germi
Behind Closed Shutters (1951) – directed by Luigi Comencini
The Bandit is Tacca Del Lupo (1952) – directed by Pietro Germi
Fortunella (1958) – directed by Eduardo De Filippo
Lovers and Liars (1979) – directed by Mario Monicelli – uncredited

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