Known For
Production
Born
Dec 11, 1912
Died
Jan 10, 2007
Place of Birth
Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
Credits
162 titles
Carlo Ponti
Biography
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
Filmography
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
Saturday, Sunday and Monday
Executive Producer
Killer Fish
Executive Producer
The Squeeze
Executive Producer
A Special Day
Producer
Twilight of Love
Producer
The Cassandra Crossing
Producer
Ugly, Dirty and Bad
Producer
Colpita da improvviso benessere
Producer
Brief Encounter
Producer
The Boss and the Worker
Producer
The Sensuous Nurse
Producer
The Flower in His Mouth
Producer
The Babysitter
Producer
Cry, Onion!
Producer
The Passenger
Producer
Gun Moll
Producer
Policewoman
Producer
Jury of One
Producer
Blood for Dracula
Producer
The Beast
Producer
Whisky and Ghosts
Producer
Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?
Producer
Run, Run, Joe!
Producer
The Voyage
Producer
High School Girl
Producer
Flesh for Frankenstein
Producer
Giordano Bruno
Producer
Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment
Producer
Massacre in Rome
Producer
The Violent Professionals
Producer
Gawain and the Green Knight
Producer
Dirty Weekend
Producer
Dear Parents
Producer
Torso
Producer
What?
Producer
The Pisciotta Case
Producer
Dear Louise
Producer
White Sister
Producer
Lady Liberty
Producer
Oasis of Fear
Producer
The Priest's Wife
Producer
Zabriskie Point
Producer
Sunflower
Producer
A Place for Lovers
Producer
Diamonds for Breakfast
Producer
Ghosts, Italian Style
Producer
Smashing Time
Producer
The Firemen's Ball
Producer
More Than a Miracle
Producer