Federico Fellini

Filmmakers

Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) is considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. In a career spanning almost 50 years, he was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won four in the category of Best Foreign Language Film, the most for any director in the history of the Academy; he would receive an honorary Academy Award in 1993 for his contribution to cinema. He won numerous other awards, including the Palme d’Or (the highest award of the Cannes Film Festival) for his 1960 film La Dolce Vita. He continues to be a major influence on filmmakers all over of the world.

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