Federico Fellini – Influence and legacy

Federico Fellini is truly one of the most influential film directors who has ever walked this planet. His vision and experience for film was reflected in all his observations of his life experiences. He has influenced some of the best directors of the current generation of great filmmakers. Fellini is a world-renowned film director who was born on January 20, 1920 just after the First World War in Rimini, Italy. He was the oldest son of three. When he was 18 years old, he went to study in Rome. This allowed him to avoid being drafted when World War II broke out.

Federico Fellini was a tremendously talented artist. He began his work experience as a cartoonist. Soon after, he changed artistic direction and went on to become a writer and actor in various comedy productions in Italy. He also worked on radio shows with his longtime friend, Aldo Fabrizi. Some say that because of his friendship with Fabrizi, his career was catapulted into the limelight. A famous and highly talented Italian director at the time, Roberto Rossellini, was looking to include Fabrizi in one of his films. Fellini was politely forced to organize the meeting, and from there Fellini became an assistant scriptwriter.

This new position as an assistant scriptwriter opened Federico Fellini’s eyes. He was able to see and understand first-hand how films were created, produced and edited. From here on, Fellini became the influential person we know today. For 5 decades, 50 years, Fellini had been in business. Another famous brand, it had won several awards with critical acclaim. Just a modest selection of the awards it won included four Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.

So why was Federico Fellini influential and a legacy? It brought a new genre to the public. His films are characterized by a series of interwoven dreams, memories, fantasies and desires reflected in reality. You lose your limits throughout these movies. When it comes to any kind of hallucinatory imagery in a movie, it is known as “Felliniesque”, named after the great Italian director Federico Fellini. Some of his best films include “8 ½”, “Amacord”, “I Vitellone”, “La Dolce Vida”, “La Strada”, “Juliet of the Spirits” and “Le Notti di Cabiria”.

Fellini inspired some of today’s greatest filmmakers to show many “Felliniescas” scenes in their films, including the infamous Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar, Terry Gilliam, and David Lynch. Federico Fellini lived a magnificent life. He attributed most of his inspiration to his wife, Giuletta Masina, an Italian actress whom he met shortly before becoming an assistant scriptwriter. He was married to the love of his life for 50 years. He passed away the day after his 50th anniversary with his wife of a heart attack on October 31, 1993 in Rome. It will never be forgotten with a lifetime achievement from excellent and influential movies.