Luigi Agostino Alfredo De Laurentiis (16 February 1917, in

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– 30 March 1992, in

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) was an Italian

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. His credits include ''

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'' (director

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, 1977), '' Amici miei - Atto II°'' (director Mario Monicelli, 1982), ''

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'' (director

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, 1983) and ''

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'' (director

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, 1991).

Life

After graduating in law, he chose a film career in his 40s when he assisted his younger brother

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in the production of '' The Bandit''. He was film editor on '' Le notti di Cabiria'' by

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(1957) and after a short spell with fellow Italians

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and

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, he then worked beside Dino for twenty years until Dino's move to the US. From 1975 he took part in the creation of

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, working alongside his son

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. In the 1960s and 1970s Luigi taught film production at Italy's Istituto Professionale di Stato per la Cinematografia e la Televisione

Sources

*http://viaf.org/viaf/16764865 *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209577 People from Torre Annunziata 1917 births 1992 deaths Italian film producers {{Italy-bio-stub