Carlo Ponti
Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World War II, producing some of the country's most acclaimed and financially-successful films of the 1950s and 1960s. Ponti worked with many of the most important directors of Italian cinema of the era, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Vittorio De Sica, as well as many international directors. He helped launch the career of his wife, international film star Sophia Loren. He won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for La Strada (1954) and was nominated for Best Picture for producing Doctor Zhivago (1965). In 1996, he was ascended as a Knight Grand Cross to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carlo Ponti, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
ProductionBirthday
December 11, 1912Deathday
January 10, 2007Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
157Place of birth
Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
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Crew credits
Contempt
Producer
La Strada
Producer
Doctor Zhivago
Producer
Blow-Up
Producer
Sunflower
Producer
Zabriskie Point
Producer
Casanova '70
Producer
Bluebeard
Producer
Les Misérables - Manhunt
Producer
Jury of One
Producer
The Sensuous Nurse
Producer
Le Doulos
Producer
War and Peace
Executive Producer
The Passenger
Producer
Twilight of Love
Producer
A Special Day
Producer
The Cassandra Crossing
Producer
Ghosts, Italian Style
Producer
Marriage Italian Style
Producer
Letters of a Novice
Producer
Dear Parents
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