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Born in Rimini, Fellini's first solo-directed film was Lo Sceicco Bianco ( 1951), with Alberto Sordi, written by Michelangelo Antonioni and Ennio Flaiano . In making this movie Fellini met Nino Rota, the musician that would follow him for the successful rest of his career.
Apart from making films he also wrote scripts for radio shows, for movies (mainly for Rossellini) and wrote comic gags for well known actors like Aldo Fabrizi . Fellini also produced several drawings (mostly pencil on paper), often humorous portraits. It is with these works that young Fellini encountered cinema: his first success was in drawing advertising pictures for movies.
During Fascism an Avanguardista, his first writings were for Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana (ACI), a production company of Vittorio Mussolini, son of Benitofascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini ( July 29, 1883 April 28, 1945) ruled Italy as a dictator from 1922 to 1943. He created a fascis, who introduced him to Roberto RosselliniRoberto Rossellini ( May 8, 1906 June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma citta aperta to the movement. Life and work Born in a bourgeois.
In 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin;, when Fascism was over, he opened a shop in RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman in which he sold these drawings. The shop was named (in English) "The Funny Face Shop", and contained works from Fellini and De Seta, Verdini, Camerini, Scarpelli, Majorana, Guasta, Giobbe, Attalo, Migneco (all writers, directors or otherwise intellectuals working for Italian cinema). In the same year started his contribution to RosselliniRoberto Rossellini ( May 8, 1906 June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma citta aperta to the movement. Life and work Born in a bourgeois's Roma Città Aperta , with Aldo Fabrizi .
Fellini took also part in writing another of Rossellini's movies: Paisà. He wrote also for other directors as Alberto Lattuada , Pietro Germi and Luigi Comencini .
Fellini's wife, actressAn actor is a person who acts, or plays a role in an artistic production. The term commonly refers to someone working in movies, television, live theatre, or radio, and can occasionally denote a street entertainer. Besides playing dramatic roles, actors m Giulietta Masina (married in 1943) was often in his movies. Other actors Fellini frequently worked with include Marcello MastroianniMarcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni ( September 28, 1924 December 19, 1996) was an Italian film actor. Born in Fontana Liri, a small village in the Apennines, Mastroianni grew up in Turin and Rome. During World War II he was interned in a Nazi prison,, Alberto Sordi, and Anita Ekberg.
In 1945 Fellini had a son who survived for only 2 weeks; it was the only son of Fellini and Giulietta Masina.
In 1948 Fellini acted in Rossellini's Il Miracolo.
Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s his films received critical acclaim and he was rewarded with several oscars.
In 1991 Fellini's text " Trip to Tulum " was translated into English by Stefano Gaudiano and published in a graphic form in the magazine: Crisis with artwork by Milo Manara.
In 1993 he received an Academy Award ("Oscar") for his lifetime achievement. That same year, he died in Rome.