Dino Risi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 23, 1916, Milan, Italy
- Died
- June 7, 2008
- Movies
- 79
Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. With Mario Monicelli, Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Ettore Scola, he was one of the masters of Commedia all'italiana. He was born in Milan.
Risi started his career in cinema as an assistant director to cinema figures such as Mario Soldati and Alberto Lattuada. Later he began directing his own films and was credited with giving early opportunities to future acting stars such as Sophia Loren and Vittorio Gassman. His 1966 film Treasure of San Gennaro was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize.
His biggest hits were Poor, But Handsome (Poveri ma belli), followed by two sequels, which he also directed; A Difficult Life (Una vita difficile); The Easy Life (Il sorpasso); Opiate '67 or, in a cut version, 15 From Rome (I Mostri); and Scent Of A Woman (Profumo di Donna), which was remade by Martin Brest starring Al Pacino in 1992.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Vittorio Gassman, le flamboyant | Self |
| 2012 | Monicelli: La versione di Mario | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Sophia: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow | Self |
| 2007 | Dino Risi, le pessimiste joyeux de la comédie italienne | Self |
| 2006 | A Beautiful Vacation | Self |
| 2005 | Speaking with Gassman | |
| 2004 | I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto | Self |
| 1991 | The Invisible Wall | Direttore del Giornale (voice) |
| 1984 | Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2005 | Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala | Director |
| 2002 | Le ragazze di Miss Italia | Director, Screenplay |
| 1996 | Giovani e belli | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | Esercizi di stile | Screenplay, Director |
| 1991 | I'll Be Going Now | Director, Screenplay |
| 1990 | Life with the Kids | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Running Away | Director, Writer |
| 1988 | Il vizio di vivere | Screenplay, Director |
| 1987 | Teresa | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Il commissario Lo Gatto | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Madman at War | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Good King Dagobert | Director, Writer |
| 1982 | Sesso e volentieri | Director, Screenplay |
| 1981 | Ghost of Love | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers | Director |
| 1980 | I'm Photogenic | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | Dear Father | Director, Screenplay |
| 1978 | First Love | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | The New Monsters | Director |
| 1977 | Without Words | Director |
| 1977 | The Bishop's Bedroom | Director, Screenplay |
| 1977 | Lost Soul | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | The Career of a Chambermaid | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | Scent of a Woman | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | How Funny Can Sex Be? | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | Dirty Weekend | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | In the Name of the Italian People | Director |
| 1971 | That's How We Women Are | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | The Priest's Wife | Director |
| 1969 | Normal Young Man | Director |
| 1969 | I See Naked | Director |
| 1968 | Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses | Director |
| 1968 | The Prophet | Director |
| 1967 | The Tiger and the Pussycat | Director |
| 1966 | The Treasure of San Gennaro | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | Our Husbands | Director |
| 1965 | Weekend, Italian Style | Director, Screenplay |
| 1965 | Complexes | Director, Screenplay |
| 1965 | The Dolls | Director |
| 1964 | Il gaucho | Screenplay, Director |
| 1964 | The Thursday | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | The Monsters | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | I Mostri [Episodi Inediti] | Director |
| 1962 | March on Rome | Director |
| 1962 | Il Sorpasso | Director, Screenplay |
| 1961 | A Difficult Life | Director |
| 1961 | A porte chiuse | Director |
| 1960 | Love in Rome | Director |
| 1960 | Love and Larceny | Director |
| 1959 | The Widower | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | Poor Millionaires | Screenplay, Director |
| 1958 | Venice, the Moon and You | Director, Screenplay |
| 1957 | Poor Girl, Pretty Girl | Director, Screenplay |
| 1957 | Oh! Sabella | Director, Screenplay |
| 1957 | Poor But Beautiful | Director, Screenplay |
| 1955 | Scandal in Sorrento | Director |
| 1955 | The Sign of Venus | Screenplay, Director |
| 1953 | Love in the City | Director, Writer |
| 1953 | The Street of Hope | Director, Writer |
| 1952 | Toto and the Kings of Rome | Screenplay |
| 1952 | Vacation with a Gangster | Director, Screenplay |
| 1951 | Anna | Screenplay |
| 1950 | Songs in the streets | Writer |
| 1950 | Lights Out in the Cinema Hall | Director |
| 1949 | La fabbrica del duomo | Director |
| 1948 | 1848 | Director |
| 1947 | Tigullio minore | Director, Writer |
| 1946 | Towards Life | Director |
| 1946 | Barboni | Director |
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