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Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis (Italian: [ˈdiːno de lauˈrɛnti.is]; 8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010) was an Italian film producer and businessman who held both Italian and American citizenship.
Dino De Laurentiis. Producer: Nights of Cabiria. Dino De Laurentiis left home at age 17 to enrol in film school, supporting himself as an actor, extra, propman, or any other job he could get in the film industry.
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- Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Mar 25, 2021 · Dino De Laurentiis was a filmmaker and Giada De Laurentiis' younger brother. He died of cancer in 2003 at age 31, and his loss inspired the chef to raise awareness for skin cancer and to have a child.
- Kathryn Cook
Apr 30, 2024 · Dino De Laurentiis (born August 8, 1919, Torre Annunziata, Italy—died November 11, 2010, Beverly Hills, California, U.S.) was an Italian-born American film producer known for his prolific output of films ranging from the populist to the cerebral.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Learn about the life and career of the Italian film producer who made neorealist classics, massive spectacles, and sci-fi flops. From Bitter Rice to King Kong, from Dune to Hannibal, discover his achievements and failures in the film industry.
- August 8, 1919
- November 10, 2010
Nov 12, 2010 · What is a salesman but a fellow with a dollar and a dream? Speaking in urgent Italian or broken English, peddling pasta for his papa or producing hundreds of films in a career that spanned nearly...
Nov 11, 2010 · Dino De Laurentiis, an Academy Award-winning film impresario and producer of "Serpico" and "Barbarella" who helped revolutionize the way movies are bankrolled and sold, has died. He...
