Federico Fellini was an Italian film director whose career moved from the social realism of Italian neorealism toward a more personal, often surreal and autobiographical style. His films La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2 and Amarcord are considered landmarks of postwar European cinema, blending dreamlike imagery, carnival spectacle and reflections on memory and celebrity. Fellini won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film four times and received an honorary Academy Award in 1993 for his lifetime contribution to cinema, and his name gave rise to the adjective Felliniesque, used to describe extravagant, dreamlike visual style in film.
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Defining ContributionDistinctive style blending fantasy and baroque images with earthiness 1 Classification
AwardEuropean Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 1 Connections
Associated With
Received an Honorary Academy Award from the Academy in 1993 for his body of work.
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Source Amarcord (Wikipedia)
Source La Dolce Vita (Wikipedia)
Source La Strada - Wikipedia
Source Nights of Cabiria - Wikipedia
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1. Federico Fellini - Wikipedia
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1920-01-20
Infobox, death_date
1993-10-31
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was an Italian film director and screenwriter
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distinctive style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness
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View the SourceAmarcord (Wikipedia)
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Amarcord (Italian: [amarˈkɔrd]) is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano (situated near the ancient walls of Rimini) in 1930s Fascist Italy.
Nights of Cabiria - Wikipedia
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Nights Of Cabiria (Italian: Le notti di Cabiria) is a 1957 Italian tragicomedy film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini.
8½ (Wikipedia)
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8½ (Italian: Otto e mezzo [ˈɔtto e ˈmɛddzo]) is a 1963 Italian avant-garde comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini.
La Dolce Vita (Wikipedia)
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La Dolce Vita (Italian: [la ˈdoltʃe ˈviːta]; Italian for 'the sweet life' or 'the good life') is a 1960 satirical comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini and written by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, and Brunello Rondi.
La Strada - Wikipedia
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La Strada (English: "The Road") is a 1954 Italian road tragedy film directed by Federico Fellini and co-written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano.
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