Trivia

Annibale Ninchi plays Marcello Mastroianni’s father in this film and in La dolce vita (1960).

The film title literally marks Fellini’s work on 8 1/2 feature films. He counted the six features he made so far, added the new one and 1/2 a point for each of the three features he had co-directed: Variety Lights, Love in the City and Boccaccio ’70Source / More (Book)

Fellini: “The movie is the story of a film director who is trying to pull together the pieces of his life and make sense of them”

Laurence Olivier was Fellini’s initial choice to play Guido.Source / More (Book)

Bio

Federico Fellini

In the myth of the cinema, Oscar is the supreme prize

Remarkable:

At the age of 12, Fellini ran away from home to join a traveling circus. “I would like to have been with the circus for months, but it was more like an afternoon”

Born:

January 20, 1920

Died:

October 31, 1993

Fellini was born in Rimini, Italy. In 1938 he left for Florence and Rome, where he worked as a writer and cartoonist. 5 years later he wrote a radio serial in which the actress Giulietta Masina appeared. She later became his wife and the star of many of his films. In the years that followed Fellini worked as a screenwriter and assistant director on several films before co directingVariety Lights (1951). But critical acclaim came in 1953/1954 with I Vitelloni and La Strada. Fellini's first full-length color film was Giulietta degli spiriti (1965) and the following films would also explore Fellini's wildly imaginative dream life. In the 1970s critics began to accuse Fellini of self-parody and his movies became less successful although Amarcord (1973) , was universally praised by critics.

Selected Movies:

• La strada (1954)
• 8½ (1963)
• Le notti di cabiria (1957)
• La dolce vita (1960)
• Amarcord (1973)
• I Vitelloni (1953)
• Il bidone (1955)

Academy awards

1993 Honorary Award
1977 Nominated Best Writing for: Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)
1976 Nominated Best Director for: Amarcord (1973)
1976 Nominated Best Writing for: Amarcord (1973)
1975 Won Best Foreign Language Film for: Amarcord (1973)
1971 Nominated Best Director for: Satyricon (1969)
1964 Nominated Best Director for: 8½ (1963)
1964 Nominated Best Writing for: 8½ (1963)
1964 Won Best Foreign Language Film for 8½
1962 Nominated Best Director for: La Dolce vita (1960)
1962 Nominated Best Writing for: La Dolce vita (1960)
1958 Won Best Foreign Language Film for: Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)
1958 Nominated Best Writing for: I Vitelloni (1953)
1957 Nominated Best Writing for: La Strada (1954)
1957 Won Best Foreign Language Film for: La Strada (1954)
1950 Nominated Best Writing for: Paisą (1946)
1947 Nominated Best Writing for: Roma, cittą aperta (1945)

Books:

Peter Bondanella and Cristina Degli-Esposti -> Perspectives on Federico Fellini (1993)
Peter Bondanella -> The Cinema of Federico Fellini (1992)
Costanzo Costantini -> Conversations with Fellini (1996)
Federico Fellini -> Fellini on Fellini (1976)