FILM DIRECTOR

Dino Risi

1916 - 2008

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Dino Risi (23 December 1916 – 7 June 2008) was an Italian film director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dino Risi has received more than 215,680 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Dino Risi is the 189th most popular film director (down from 180th in 2019), the 1,245th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,121st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Film Director.

Dino Risi is most famous for his comedy films.

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dino Risi ranks 189 out of 2,041. Before him are Theo van Gogh, Kathryn Bigelow, Jean Vigo, Jean Negulesco, Miklós Jancsó, and Henry Hathaway. After him are Marco Bellocchio, Chris Columbus, Agnieszka Holland, Wes Anderson, Raoul Walsh, and Stephen Frears.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Dino Risi ranks 51. Before him are Virginia Satir, Emil Gilels, Robert F. Furchgott, C. Wright Mills, Raf Vallone, and Jacque Fresco. After him are Ephraim Katzir, Alberto Ginastera, Rafael Caldera, Consuelo Velázquez, Henri Dutilleux, and Hamani Diori. Among people deceased in 2008, Dino Risi ranks 49. Before him are Giuseppe Di Stefano, Lansana Conté, Dražan Jerković, Robert Rauschenberg, Janez Drnovšek, and Phil Hill. After him are Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Dorothy Vaughan, Horst Tappert, Tassos Papadopoulos, Joshua Lederberg, and Rajko Mitić.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Dino Risi ranks 1,245 out of 5,161. Before him are Justa Grata Honoria (417), Caesar Baronius (1538), Publius Cornelius Dolabella (-70), Giovanni Gronchi (1887), Romano Mussolini (1927), and Altiero Spinelli (1907). After him are Riccardo Broschi (1698), Mario Beccaria (1920), Antipope Eulalius (310), Angela of Foligno (1248), Marco Bellocchio (1939), and Francesco Foscari (1373).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Dino Risi ranks 18. Before him are Dario Argento (1940), Giuseppe Tornatore (1956), Ettore Scola (1931), Sergio Corbucci (1926), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), and Francesco Rosi (1922). After him are Marco Bellocchio (1939), Lina Wertmüller (1928), Joe D'Amato (1936), Liliana Cavani (1933), Nanni Moretti (1953), and Mario Monicelli (1915).

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Filmography

Il Sorpasso
Director
Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
Dec 5th 19628.2 / 10
Scent of a Woman
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An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.
Dec 20th 19747.469 / 10
The New Monsters
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A 1977 Italian comedy film composed of 14 episodes, directed by Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963.
Dec 15th 19776.9 / 10