De Laurentiis Company History

De Laurentiis Company History

Dino De Laurentiis

De Laurentiis on the set of “King Kong” in the 1970s.
Courtesy of LA Times ( Associated Press )

Dino De Laurentiis

Founder, 1919 — 2010

 
Augostino “Dino” De Laurentiis

Born August 8, 1919 in Torre Annuziata, Italy. Although having studied to be a cinematographer and actor in his youth, Dino found a different path into film making, as one of world’s most prolific film producers and financiers. Across a 60-year career, Dino would produce, fund or otherwise contribute to over 600 films.

In his earlier work in Italy, Dino found international acclaim with Oscar winning films such as La Strada (1954) and Nights of Cambria (1956). In the late 1960’s, Dino made the move to Hollywood where he would continue to produce hits such as Serpico (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975)and Ragtime (1981). He would sustain this pattern for three more decades passing away in 2010 at the age of 91. His legacy of hard work and determination to the craft of film making lives on in the work being done at the De Laurentiis Company today, which brings to TV hits such as Hannibal (2013).

 

70 Years of Excellence

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