Carlo Ponti

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Carlo Ponti

Production December 11, 1912

Magenta, Lombardy, Italy

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…

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Blow-Up

Blow-Up

7.3 1966 Movie
Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

7.6 1965 Movie
La Strada

La Strada

7.9 1954 Movie
Contempt

Contempt

7.0 1963 Movie
Cléo from 5 to 7

Cléo from 5 to 7

7.7 1962 Movie
A Special Day

A Special Day

8.1 1977 Movie
Two Women

Two Women

7.8 1960 Movie
The Passenger

The Passenger

7.2 1975 Movie
Marriage Italian Style

Marriage Italian Style

7.7 1964 Movie
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

7.4 1963 Movie
Zabriskie Point

Zabriskie Point

7.0 1970 Movie
A Woman Is a Woman

A Woman Is a Woman

7.3 1961 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2019
    Sophia Loren, a special destiny

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1990
    Saturday, Sunday and Monday

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 1979
    Killer Fish

    Movie Executive Producer

  4. 1978
    The Squeeze

    Movie Executive Producer

  5. 1977
    A Special Day

    Movie Producer

  6. 1977
    Twilight of Love

    Movie Producer

  7. 1976
    The Cassandra Crossing

    Movie Producer

  8. 1976
    Ugly, Dirty and Bad

    Movie Producer

  9. 1976
    Colpita da improvviso benessere

    Movie Producer

  10. 1976
    Brief Encounter

    Movie Producer

  11. 1975
    The Boss and the Worker

    Movie Producer

  12. 1975
    The Sensuous Nurse

    Movie Producer

  13. 1975
    The Flower in His Mouth

    Movie Producer

  14. 1975
    The Babysitter

    Movie Producer

  15. 1975
    Cry, Onion!

    Movie Producer

  16. 1975
    The Passenger

    Movie Producer

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  1. 1975
    Gun Moll

    Movie Producer

  2. 1974
    Policewoman

    Movie Producer

  3. 1974
    Jury of One

    Movie Producer

  4. 1974
    Blood for Dracula

    Movie Producer

  5. 1974
    The Beast

    Movie Producer

  6. 1974
    Whisky and Ghosts

    Movie Producer

  7. 1974
    Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?

    Movie Producer

  8. 1974
    Run, Run, Joe!

    Movie Producer

  9. 1974
    The Voyage

    Movie Producer

  10. 1974
    High School Girl

    Movie Producer

  11. 1973
    Flesh for Frankenstein

    Movie Producer

  12. 1973
    Giordano Bruno

    Movie Producer

  13. 1973
    Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment

    Movie Producer

  14. 1973
    Massacre in Rome

    Movie Producer

  15. 1973
    The Violent Professionals

    Movie Producer

  16. 1973
    Gawain and the Green Knight

    Movie Producer

  17. 1973
    Dirty Weekend

    Movie Producer

  18. 1973
    Dear Parents

    Movie Producer

  19. 1973
    Torso

    Movie Producer

  20. 1972
    What?

    Movie Producer

  21. 1972
    The Pisciotta Case

    Movie Producer

  22. 1972
    Dear Louise

    Movie Producer

  23. 1972
    White Sister

    Movie Producer

  24. 1971
    Lady Liberty

    Movie Producer