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Fellini

American  
[fuh-lee-nee, fel-lee-nee] / fəˈli ni, fɛlˈli ni /

noun

  1. Federico 1920–1993, Italian film director and writer.


Fellini British  
/ fɛlˈliːnɪ /

noun

  1. Federico (fedeˈriko). 1920–93, Italian film director. His films include La Dolce Vita (1959), 81/2 (1963), Satyricon (1969), and Intervista (1987)

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"Visconti wanted me brunette with long hair. Fellini wanted me blonde," Cardinale said.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2025

It was an especially close relationship between director and composer that Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran compares to Federico Fellini and Nino Rota, who scored all of the Italian filmmaker’s films from 1959 to 1979.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2025

Not the Please Don’t Destroy gags or Andy Samberg viral raps, but the artistic swings like “La Dolce Gilda,” Gilda Radner's indelible third-season homage to Federico Fellini.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2025

He worked with auteurs including Nicolas Roeg in “Don’t Look Now” and Federico Fellini in “Fellini’s Casanova.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 27, 2024

Fellini, who died in 1993, never spoke publicly about that claim.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2024

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