FILM DIRECTOR

Dino Risi

1916 - 2008

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dino Risi is the 192nd most popular film director (down from 189th in 2019), the 1,223rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,245th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Italian Film Director.

Dino Risi is most famous for his comedy films.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dino Risi ranks 192 out of 2,041. Before him are Joris Ivens, Arthur Penn, Chantal Akerman, Jafar Panahi, G. W. Pabst, and Jean Negulesco. After him are Joel Schumacher, Vincente Minnelli, Margarethe von Trotta, Guillermo del Toro, Danny Boyle, and William Friedkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Dino Risi ranks 50. Before him are Peter Weiss, Peter Finch, Amha Selassie, C. Wright Mills, Raf Vallone, and P. W. Botha. After him are Ephraim Katzir, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Dương Văn Minh, Alberto Ginastera, Consuelo Velázquez, and Kristján Eldjárn. Among people deceased in 2008, Dino Risi ranks 53. Before him are Thomas Huckle Weller, Aimé Césaire, Edward Norton Lorenz, Tassos Papadopoulos, Masanobu Fukuoka, and Phil Hill. After him are Dražan Jerković, Robert Rauschenberg, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Chiara Lubich, Horst Tappert, and Bernardin Gantin.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dino Risi ranks 1,223 out of 5,161. Before him are Titus Quinctius Flamininus (-229), Giambattista Pittoni (1687), Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502), Timaeus (-350), Nicola Amati (1596), and Giuseppe Moscati (1880). After him are Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), Gaetano Scirea (1953), Liutprand of Cremona (922), Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria (1825), Oliviero Toscani (1942), and Tavo Burat (1932).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Dino Risi ranks 16. Before him are Frank Capra (1897), Franco Zeffirelli (1923), Dario Argento (1940), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), and Sergio Corbucci (1926). After him are Lina Wertmüller (1928), Francesco Rosi (1922), Liliana Cavani (1933), Marco Ferreri (1928), Ruggero Deodato (1939), and Joe D'Amato (1936).

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