Dino De Laurentiis (1919–2010)

Producer | Miscellaneous Crew | Production Manager

Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, ...

Born: August 8, 1919
Died: November 10, 2010 (age 91)

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Known For

La Strada Producer (1954)
The Nights of Cabiria Producer (1957)
Flash Gordon Producer (1980)
Known For

Breakdown Producer (1997)
Producer

Virgin Territory (2007)
The Last Legion (2007)
Hannibal Rising (2007)
Red Dragon (2002)
Hannibal (2001)
U-571 (2000)
Breakdown (1997)
Bound (1996)
Unforgettable (1996)
Slave of Dreams (1995)
Assassins (1995)
Solomon & Sheba (1995)
Body of Evidence (1992)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
Desperate Hours (1990)
King Kong Lives (1986)
Tai-Pan (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Manhunter (1986)
Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Raw Deal (1986)
Silver Bullet (1985)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Dune (1984)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Firestarter (1984)
The Bounty (1984)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Fighting Back (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Halloween II (1981)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Beyond the Reef (1979)
Hurricane (1979)
King of the Gypsies (1978)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
The Brink's Job (1978)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Orca (1977)
The White Buffalo (1977)
King Kong (1976)
Drum (1976)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
Face to Face (1976)
Lipstick (1976)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Mandingo (1975)
Turn the Other Cheek (1974)
Death Wish (1974)
Tough Guys (1974)
Crazy Joe (1974)
Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (1974)
Serpico (1973)
Chino (1973)
La più bella serata della mia vita (1972)
Torino nera (1972)
The Scopone Game (1972)
Nights of Boccaccio (1972)
Cause of Divorce (1972)
La violenza: Quinto potere (1972)
The Valachi Papers (1972)
Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente (1971)
Liberation (1971)
Il furto è l'anima del commercio!?... (1971)
The Devil's Backbone (1971)
Waterloo (1970)
A Man Called Sledge (1970)
Osvobozhdenie: Proryv (1970)
Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya duga (1970)
Io non scappo... fuggo (1970)
A Brief Season (1969)
First Prize Irene (1969)
Barbagia (La società del malessere) (1969)
Attraction (1969)
The Bandit (1969)
Fraulein Doktor (1969)
Vietnam, guerra e pace (1968)
Bandits in Rome (1968)
Barbarella (1968)
Anzio (1968)
Capriccio all'italiana (1968)
Che cosa sono le nuvole? (1968)
The Violent Four (1968)
Odissea (1968)
Danger: Diabolik (1968)
Vietnam War Without Front Lines (1967)
Matchless (1967)
The Witches (1967)
Navajo Joe (1966)
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
The Hills Run Red (1966)
Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
Menage Italian Style (1965)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
Thrilling (1965)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
I tre volti (1965)
The Flying Saucer (1964)
My Wife (1964)
Corpse for the Lady (1964)
The Teacher from Vigevano (1963)
The Boom (1963)
To Bed or Not to Bed (1963)
Il processo di Verona (1963)
The Hours of Love (1963)
Mafioso (1962)
The Police Commissioner (1962)
I Love, You Love (1961)
Barabbas (1961)
A Difficult Life (1961)
The Best of Enemies (1961)
Il re di Poggioreale (1961)
The Last Judgment (1961)
Samson vs. the Vampires (1961)
The Fascist (1961)
...And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960)
Il gobbo (1960)
Everybody Go Home! (1960)
Le pillole di Ercole (1960)
Under Ten Flags (1960)
5 Branded Women (1960)
The Great War (1959)
Maid, Thief and Guard (1958)
Tempest (1958)
Fortunella (1958)
Malafemmena (1957)
The Sea Wall (1957)
The Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Guendalina (1957)
Girls of Today (1957)
War and Peace (1956)
Eighteen Year Olds (1955)
The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955)
The River Girl (1954)
Siluri umani (1954)
Attila (1954)
The Gold of Naples (1954)
An American in Rome (1954)
Woman of Rome (1954)
Ulysses (1954)
Mambo (1954)
La Strada (1954)
Miseria e nobiltà (1954)
Dov'è la libertà...? (1954)
Easy Years (1953)
Domenica a Capri (1953)
The Devil Is a Woman (1953)
Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1953)
The Unfaithfuls (1953)
Gli 11 moschettieri (1952)
Brothers of Italy (1952)
The Three Pirates (1952)
La tratta delle bianche (1952)
Europe '51 (1952)
Toto in Color (1952)
Cops and Robbers (1951)
Anna (1951)
Il padrone del vapore (1951)
Last Meeting (1951)
Toto the Third Man (1951)
Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951)
Outlaw Girl (1950)
Side Street Story (1950)
Lure of the Sila (1949)
Romanticismo (1949)
Adam and Eve (1949)
Bitter Rice (1949)
The Firemen of Viggiu (1949)
The Mysterious Rider (1948)
Woman Trouble (1948)
The Captain's Daughter (1947)
The Bandit (1946)
Return of the Black Eagle (1946)
Producer

L'amore canta (1941)
Actor

The Last Fight (1941)
Boccaccio Uno degli studenti con la penna (1940)
I Met You Too Late Dino (1940)
Small Hotel (1939)
Department Store Un fattorino (1939)
Heartbeat Il fattorino del fioraio (1939)
Actor

L'orologio a cucù (1938)
Miscellaneous Crew

The Last Legion (2007)
Red Dragon (2002)
Unforgettable (1996)
Slave of Dreams (1995)
Once Upon a Crime... (1992)
Kuffs (1992)
Manhunter (1986)
Pirates (1986)
Silver Bullet (1985)
Marie (1985)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Cat's Eye (1985)
Dune (1984)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Firestarter (1984)
Amityville 3-D (1983)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Ragtime (1981)
Flash Gordon (1980)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
The Brink's Job (1978)
The White Buffalo (1977)
King Kong (1976)
The Shootist (1976)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Mandingo (1975)
Death Wish (1974)
Serpico (1973)
The Stone Killer (1973)
The Devil's Backbone (1971)
Waterloo (1970)
Anzio (1968)
The Witches (1967)
Navajo Joe (1966)
The Bible: In the Beginning... (1966)
The Hills Run Red (1966)
Miscellaneous Crew

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966)
Anima nera (1962)
Production Manager

The Captain's Daughter (1947)
Le miserie del signor Travet (1945)
The Mountain Woman (1944)
Zazà (1944)
Malombra (1942)
Margherita and Her Three Uncles (1942)
L'amore canta (1941)
Production Manager

The Last Fight (1941)
I Met You Too Late (1940)
Archive footage

Life After Flash (2017)
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Vom Steirerbub zum Superstar (2017)
Frank Serpico (2017)
Hollywood Banker (2014)
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011)
Archive footage

Cinema 3 (2010)
1960 (2010)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

His only son Federico De Laurentiis (28 February 1955 - 15 July 1981) died at 26, in airplane crash.

[to Arnold Schwarzenegger, when Schwarzenegger came to read for the title role in De Laurentiis's *Flash Gordon*] You have an accent! I cannot use you for Flash-a Gordon! Nah! Flash-a Gordon has no accent! I cannot use you! Nah!

Star Sign

Leo

Personal Details

Born

Agostino De Laurentiis
August 8, 1919
Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy

Died

November 10, 2010 (age 91)
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)

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