Basic Information About Dino De Laurentiis
| Category | Business › Producers |
|---|---|
| Professions | Film Producer, Actor, Television producer |
| Net worth | $120,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1919-08-08 |
| Place of birth | Torre Annunziata |
| Date of death | 2010-11-10 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Italy |
| Spouse | Martha De Laurentiis - (7 April 1990 - 10 November 2010) (his death) (2 children) Silvana Mangano - (17 July 1949 - 1988) (divorced) (4 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.626 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Dino De Laurentiis win?
 Oscar |
 Golden Globe |
 Golder Raspberry |
 BAFTA |
 Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Dino De Laurentiis awards
| Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razzie Award - Worst Picture | Nominee | Year of the Dragon | 1986 |
| David - Best Foreign Producer (Migliore Produttore Straniero) | Nominee | Ragtime | 1982 |
| David - Best Production (Migliore Produzione) | Winner | The Bible: In the Beginning... | 1966 |
| David - Best Film (Miglior Film) | Winner | Waterloo | 1971 |
Dino De Laurentiis's Quotes
- [to Arnold Schwarzenegger after the massive hit of Conan the Barbarian] I make you a star.
- No one cry when Jaws die but when the monkey die, people gonna cry. Intellectuals gonna love Kong. Even film buffs who love the first Kong gonna love ours. Why? Because I no give them crap.
- [to Arnold Schwarzenegger, when Schwarzenegger came to read for the title role in De Laurentiis's *Flash Gordon*] You have an accent! I cannot use you for Flash-a Gordon! Nah! Flash-a Gordon has no accent! I cannot use you! Nah!
Interesting Facts about Dino De Laurentiis
- Born at 5:0am-CEST.
- Referred to by critics Harry Medved and Michael Medved as "Dino Di Horrendous" in their 1980 book "The Golden Turkey Awards", after having produced a succession of costly failures during the previous decade (e.g., the remake King Kong (1976)).
- Changed the name of the big screen adaptation of Thomas Harris's "Red Dragon" novel to Manhunter (1986). This was due to the fact that he had a flop with Heart of Dragon (1985) ("The Year of the Dragon") previously and didn't want to tempt fate by having another movie with the word "dragon" in it.
- Uncle of Aurelio De Laurentiis.
- Younger brother of Luigi De Laurentiis.
- Grandfather of Dino A. De Laurentis, Giada De Laurentiis, Eloisa De Laurentiis and Igor De Laurentiis.
- His only son Federico De Laurentiis (28 February 1955 - 15 July 1981) died at 26, in airplane crash.
- Children with second wife Martha De Laurentiis: Carolyna De Laurentiis and Dina De Laurentiis.
- Children with first wife Silvana Mangano: Veronica De Laurentiis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, Federico De Laurentiis and Francesca DeLaurentiis.
- Ex-brother-in-law of Rocco Roy Mangano, Patrizia Mangano and Natascia Mangano.
- Granduncle of Luigi De Laurentiis Jr..
- Great-grandfather of Jade Thompson.
- In the middle of her audition for King Kong (1976), he turned to his son and described Meryl Streep as "Troppo brutta per King Kong" ("Too ugly for King Kong), assuming she couldn't understand him if he spoke in Italian. She then replied in perfect Italian that she was very sorry to have disappointed him, and left him stunned.
- DeLaurentiis was famous among producers for his theories about movie marketing, among which was: "In the trailer, show the audience everything - They always figure there must be more!".
