born Jan. 20, 1920, Rimini, Italy
died Oct. 31, 1993, Rome
Italian film director.
After collaborating with Roberto Rossellini on the screenplays for Open City (1945) and Paisan (1946), Fellini undertook his first solo venture in 1952. It failed, but his next film, I vitelloni (1953), was a critical success. He won international acclaim with La strada (1954, Academy Award), The Nights of Cabiria (1957, Academy Award), and La dolce vita (1960). He continued his distinctive autobiographical style of filmmaking
one that displayed a sympathetic fascination with the bizarre
in 812 (1963, Academy Award) but turned to gaudy spectacle in Juliet of the Spirits (1965) and Satyricon (1969). The best of his later films are Amarcord (1973, Academy Award) and the nostalgic Ginger and Fred (1985). His wife, Giulietta Masina (1920–94), starred in several of his films.
Federico Fellini, 1965.
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