Federico Fellini was born on 20 January 1920 in Rimini. An Italian filmmaker from Rimini, Fellini began as a screenwriter and became one of the most original directors of the postwar period. His early films, such as La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, belonged to a poetic neorealism, while La Dolce Vita (1960) captured the glitter and emptiness of Roman high society. His film 8½ is a dreamlike reflection on a director's creative crisis, and Amarcord recalls his childhood on the Adriatic coast. He won four Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and an honorary Oscar in 1993. His carnivalesque, personal style gave the adjective Felliniesque to the language. His wife, Giulietta Masina, starred in several of his films.
Before and after
- 1920Establishment of Kootenay National Park
- 2 January 1920Birth of Isaac Asimov
- from 17 January 1920 to 5 December 1933Prohibition in the United States
- 19 January 1920Birth of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 20 January 1920Birth of Federico Fellini
- 30 January 1920Founding of Mazda
- 2 February 1920Treaty of Tartu
- 9 February 1920Svalbard Treaty
- 12 February 1920Birth of Pran
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