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'', '' Prancer'', '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'', all films in the ''

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'' series, ''

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'' and '' Kull the Conqueror''. She is the daughter of film producer

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and actress

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. She is the sister of Veronica De Laurentiis, who is the mother of

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chef Giada De Laurentiis. She appeared in eighteen episodes of Giada's show ''

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''.

Career

De Laurentiis began working on films by contributing to the props and set departments of her father's productions. However, her first major credit came in 1973 as an assistant costume designer on

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's '' Ludwig''. She then worked as a production assistant on ''

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'' (1979) before stepping into a producer role at Dino De Laurentiis Productions. In 1987, she left her role as president of production at De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG). While at DEG, she read the script for '' Prancer'' and eventually produced the film as her first theatrical venture under her Raffaella Productions banner. In 1989, she entered a long-term relationship with

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wherein De Laurentiis would produce their projects for a two-year production agreement. Three years after her father's death in 2010, De Laurentiis began pursuing a TV miniseries and theatrical biography about him.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1954 births Living people Italian film producers People of Campanian descent Raffaella {{film-producer-stub