Carlo Ponti
Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian movie producer. He made over 140 movies. He and Dino De Laurentiis were important in making Italian cinema popular again after World War II.[1] He made some of the most important and successful Italian movies in the 1950s and 1960s.
Carlo Ponti | |
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 Ponti in 1951 | |
| Born | Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti 11 December 1912 Magenta, Lombardy, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 10 January 2007 (aged 94) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Alma mater | University of Milan |
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| Children | 4; including Carlo Jr. and Edoardo |
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| Honours | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1st Class) |
Ponti worked with many important Italian directors in the era. He worked with Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Vittorio De Sica. He also worked with international directors like Agnès Varda and David Lean. He helped his wife's career, Sophia Loren.
Ponti won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for La Strada (1954). He was nominated for Best Picture for producing Doctor Zhivago (1965). In 1996, he became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[2]
Early life
Ponti was born in Magenta, Lombardy. His grandfather was the mayor of Magenta. Ponti studied law at the University of Milan. He then joined his father's law firm in Milan. He negotiated many contracts in the movie business.[3]
Movies
- Piccolo mondo antico (1940)
- Giacomo the Idealist (1943)
- A Yank in Rome (1946)
- To Live in Peace (1947)
- The White Primrose (1947)
- Prelude to Madness (1948)
- Hey Boy (1948)
- Alarm Bells (1949)
- The White Line (1950)
- Her Favourite Husband (1950)
- Figaro Here, Figaro There (1950)
- A Dog's Life (1950)
- The Knight Has Arrived! (1950)
- Toto the Third Man (1951)
- The Steamship Owner (1951)
- Europa '51 (1952)
- Brothers of Italy (1952)
- The Piano Tuner Has Arrived (1952)
- Toto in Color (1952)
- Lieutenant Giorgio (1952)
- Easy Years (1953)
- Le infedeli (1953)
- Carosello napoletano (1954)
- La strada (1954)
- The Doctor of the Mad (1954)
- Mambo (1954)
- Un americano a Roma (1954)
- L'oro di Napoli (1954)
- Attila (1954)
- The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955)
- War and Peace (1956)
- Il ferroviere (1956)
- Guendalina (1957)
- The Black Orchid (1958)
- That Kind of Woman (1959)
- Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
- A Breath of Scandal (1960)
- Two Women (1960)
- Lola (1961)
- A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
- Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
- Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
- Boccaccio '70 (1962)
- Le Doulos (1962)
- L'isola di Arturo (1962)
- Redhead (1962)
- The Empty Canvas (1963)
- Landru (1963)
- Les Carabiniers (1963)
- Contempt (1963)
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
- Marriage Italian Style (1964)
- Break Up (1965)
- Operation Crossbow (1965)
- The 10th Victim (1965)
- Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- Closely Watched Trains (1965, uncredited)
- Blowup (1966)
- The Firemen's Ball (1967, uncredited)
- Smashing Time (1967, uncredited)
- La Ragazza e il Generale (1967)
- Ghosts – Italian Style (1968)
- Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
- Zabriskie Point (1970)
- The Priest's Wife (1971)
- Oasis of Fear (1971)
- What? (1972)
- Giordano Bruno (1973)
- Torso (1973)
- Dirty Weekend (1973)
- Mr. Hercules Against Karate (1973)
- Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
- Gawain and the Green Knight (1973)
- The Voyage (1974)
- The Passenger (1974)
- L'infermiera (1975)
- Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (1976)
- The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
- A Special Day (1977)
References
- ↑ Lyman,AP, Eric J.; Lyman, Eric J.; AP (2007-01-11). "Italian producer Carlo Ponti dies at 94". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ↑ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". www.quirinale.it. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ↑ Exshaw, John (12 January 2007). Carlo Ponti. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2144032.ece. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
Other websites
- Carlo Ponti on IMDb