Dino Risi(1916-2008)
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dino Risi became a movie director by chance. In 1940 he met
Alberto Lattuada at a friend's
boutique. Lattuada told him they needed an assistant director for the
movie
Piccolo mondo antico (1941). Risi accepted just for fun, not for work.
Later, he became a psychiatrist and wrote some articles for a local
newspaper in his spare time.
After the Second World War, he met a producer who financed his short
films. One of these,
Buio in sala (1950), was bought by
Carlo Ponti. At that point, Risi decided to
become a movie director. So he went to Rome and wrote the plot of
Poor But Beautiful (1957) which made
him famous. But the film that changed his life forever was
The Easy Life (1962). At the opening
night, Risi and producer
Mario Cecchi Gori were waiting outside
the movie theater. They were worried because no viewers had been coming
to see the movie. So Risi went back home with much disappointment.
However, the next day all the tickets were
sold out and Risi became a star.
Alberto Lattuada at a friend's
boutique. Lattuada told him they needed an assistant director for the
movie
Piccolo mondo antico (1941). Risi accepted just for fun, not for work.
Later, he became a psychiatrist and wrote some articles for a local
newspaper in his spare time.
After the Second World War, he met a producer who financed his short
films. One of these,
Buio in sala (1950), was bought by
Carlo Ponti. At that point, Risi decided to
become a movie director. So he went to Rome and wrote the plot of
Poor But Beautiful (1957) which made
him famous. But the film that changed his life forever was
The Easy Life (1962). At the opening
night, Risi and producer
Mario Cecchi Gori were waiting outside
the movie theater. They were worried because no viewers had been coming
to see the movie. So Risi went back home with much disappointment.
However, the next day all the tickets were
sold out and Risi became a star.