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name: "Carlo Ponti"
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born: "11 December 1912"
died: "10 January 2007"
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# Carlo Ponti

Producer. Born 11 December 1912 in Magenta, Lombardy, Italy. Died 10 January 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 December 1912, Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
- **Died:** 10 January 2007
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Ponti, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299419, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690638/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3778

## Biography

Carlo Ponti (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian film producer. Born in Magenta, Lombardy, he studied law at the University of Milan before entering the film industry in the late 1930s. He produced more than 140 films over a career spanning five decades.

Ponti is best known for his work with directors including Federico Fellini, Vittorio De Sica, Michelangelo Antonioni and David Lean. His credits include *La Strada* (1954), *Two Women* (1960), *Contempt* (1963), *Marriage Italian Style* (1964), *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), *Blow-Up* (1966) and *The Passenger* (1975). He formed a notable early partnership with Dino De Laurentiis and later produced many international co-productions.

He was married to actress Sophia Loren, whose career he helped promote. Ponti won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for *La Strada* and received a Best Picture nomination for *Doctor Zhivago*. In 1996 he was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, reuters.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-zhivago.md)

## Complete filmography (159)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Saturday, Sunday and Monday* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Killer Fish* (1979), Executive Producer
- *The Squeeze* (1978), Executive Producer
- *A Special Day* (1977), Producer
- *Twilight of Love* (1977), Producer
- *The Cassandra Crossing* (1976), Producer
- *Ugly, Dirty and Bad* (1976), Producer
- *Colpita da improvviso benessere* (1976), Producer
- *Brief Encounter* (1976), Producer
- *The Boss and the Worker* (1975), Producer
- *The Sensuous Nurse* (1975), Producer
- *The Flower in His Mouth* (1975), Producer
- *The Babysitter* (1975), Producer
- *Cry, Onion!* (1975), Producer
- *The Passenger* (1975), Producer
- *Gun Moll* (1975), Producer
- *Policewoman* (1974), Producer
- *Jury of One* (1974), Producer
- *Blood for Dracula* (1974), Producer
- *The Beast* (1974), Producer
- *Whisky and Ghosts* (1974), Producer
- *Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia?* (1974), Producer
- *Run, Run, Joe!* (1974), Producer
- *The Voyage* (1974), Producer
- *High School Girl* (1974), Producer
- *Flesh for Frankenstein* (1973), Producer
- *Giordano Bruno* (1973), Producer
- *Anna: the Pleasure, the Torment* (1973), Producer
- *Massacre in Rome* (1973), Producer
- *The Violent Professionals* (1973), Producer
- *Gawain and the Green Knight* (1973), Producer
- *Dirty Weekend* (1973), Producer
- *Dear Parents* (1973), Producer
- *Torso* (1973), Producer
- *What?* (1972), Producer
- *The Pisciotta Case* (1972), Producer
- *White Sister* (1972), Producer
- *Lady Liberty* (1971), Producer
- *Oasis of Fear* (1971), Producer
- *The Priest's Wife* (1970), Producer
- *Zabriskie Point* (1970), Producer
- *Sunflower* (1970), Producer
- *A Place for Lovers* (1968), Producer
- *Diamonds for Breakfast* (1968), Producer
- *Ghosts, Italian Style* (1967), Producer
- *Smashing Time* (1967), Producer
- *The Firemen's Ball* (1967), Producer
- *More Than a Miracle* (1967), Producer
- *The Girl and the General* (1967), Producer
- *The Man with the Balloons* (1967), Producer
- *The 25th Hour* (1967), Producer
- *Blow-Up* (1966), Producer
- *Kiss the Other Sheik* (1965), Producer
- *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-zhivago.md)
- *Lady L* (1965), Producer
- *The 10th Victim* (1965), Producer
- *Casanova '70* (1965), Producer
- *Operation Crossbow* (1965), Producer
- *Tokyo Olympiad* (1965), Thanks
- *A Look Back at Crossbow* (1965), Producer
- *Marriage Italian Style* (1964), Producer
- *Controsesso* (1964), Producer
- *The Ape Woman* (1964), Producer
- *Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow* (1963), Producer
- *The Empty Canvas* (1963), Producer
- *Contempt* (1963), Producer
- *Adultero lui, adultera lei* (1963), Producer
- *The Carabineers* (1963), Producer
- *Bluebeard* (1963), Producer
- *Le Doulos* (1962), Producer
- *The Condemned of Altona* (1962), Producer
- *Arturo's Island* (1962), Producer
- *Redhead* (1962), Producer
- *The Third Lover* (1962), Producer
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Producer
- *Boccaccio '70* (1962), Producer
- *Léon Morin, Priest* (1961), Producer
- *A Woman Is a Woman* (1961), Producer
- *Lola* (1961), Producer
- *Two Women* (1960), Producer
- *Il corazziere* (1960), Producer
- *Letters of a Novice* (1960), Producer
- *A Breath of Scandal* (1960), Producer
- *Heller in Pink Tights* (1960), Producer
- *That Kind of Woman* (1959), Producer
- *The Black Orchid* (1959), Producer
- *Camping* (1958), Producer
- *March's Child* (1958), Producer
- *Female Three Times* (1957), Producer
- *Susanna tutta panna* (1957), Producer
- *Marisa* (1957), Producer
- *Guendalina* (1957), Producer
- *The Railroad Man* (1956), Producer
- *Peccato di castità* (1956), Producer
- *War and Peace* (1956), Executive Producer
- *Rice Girl* (1956), Producer
- *Girls of Today* (1955), Producer
- *L'ultimo amante* (1955), Producer
- *The Miller's Beautiful Wife* (1955), Producer
- *Totò all'inferno* (1955), Producer
- *Woman of the River* (1954), Producer
- *Attila* (1954), Producer
- *An American in Rome* (1954), Producer
- *The Gold of Naples* (1954), Producer
- *Woman of Rome* (1954), Producer
- *Il medico dei pazzi* (1954), Producer
- *Ulysses* (1954), Producer
- *La Strada* (1954), Producer
- *Mambo* (1954), Producer
- *Human Torpedoes* (1954), Producer
- *Where Is Freedom?* (1954), Producer
- *Easy Years* (1953), Producer
- *The She-Wolf* (1953), Producer
- *Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair* (1953), Producer
- *The Unfaithfuls* (1953), Producer
- *Toto and the Women* (1952), Producer
- *Europa '51* (1952), Producer
- *I tre corsari* (1952), Producer
- *È arrivato l'accordatore* (1952), Producer
- *Girls Marked Danger* (1952), Producer
- *Sensualità* (1952), Producer
- *Lieutenant Giorgio* (1952), Producer
- *Totó in color* (1952), Producer
- *Brothers of Italy* (1952), Producer
- *Anna* (1951), Producer
- *Cops and Robbers* (1951), Producer
- *Il padrone del vapore* (1951), Producer
- *Last Meeting* (1951), Producer
- *Toto the Third Man* (1951), Producer
- *Damn the Taxes!!* (1951), Producer
- *Outlaw Girl* (1950), Producer
- *The Knight is Here* (1950), Producer
- *A Dog’s Life* (1950), Producer
- *The White Line* (1950), Producer
- *Her Favourite Husband* (1950), Producer
- *The Emperor of Capri* (1949), Producer
- *Romanticismo* (1949), Producer
- *Totò Looking for a House* (1949), Producer
- *The Mill on the Po* (1949), Producer
- *Campane a martello* (1949), Producer
- *Without Pity* (1948), Producer
- *Guaglio* (1948), Producer
- *Lezioni di Geometria* (1948), Producer
- *Escape to France* (1948), Producer
- *Lost Youth* (1948), Producer
- *Les Misérables - Storm Over Paris* (1948), Producer
- *Les Misérables* (1948), Producer
- *Lovers Without Love* (1948), Producer
- *To Live in Peace* (1947), Producer
- *La primula bianca* (1947), Producer
- *Professor, My Son* (1946), Producer
- *Un americano in vacanza* (1946), Producer
- *Albergo Luna, camera 34* (1946), Producer
- *Two Anonymous Letters* (1945), Producer
- *La freccia nel fianco* (1945), Producer
- *La primadonna* (1943), Producer
- *Giacomo l'idealista* (1943), Producer
- *Signorinette* (1942), Producer
- *Piccolo mondo antico* (1941), Producer

## Gallery

- ![Carlo Ponti](https://film.one/media/person/1241953/gallery-343254dcfa47.jpg) Carlo Ponti — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Carlo_Ponti_1951.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Italian star Sophia Loren in Copenhagen – Refuses to comment on "baby" story.On their arravial in Copenhagen – on their way from Rome to Los Angeles – Italian s (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/1241953/gallery-9dae9b1e2309.jpg) Italian star Sophia Loren in Copenhagen – Refuses to comment on "baby" story.On their arravial in Copenhagen – on their way from Rome to Los Angeles – Italian s (1958) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Carlo-Ponti-and-Sophia-Loren-in-Copenhagen-142462274996.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photograph of the Italian producer Carlo Ponti (to the left) with people at Taormina Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/1241953/gallery-f732bbc30bd6.jpg) Photograph of the Italian producer Carlo Ponti (to the left) with people at Taormina Film Festival. — AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Carlo-Ponti-1973.jpg/1280px-Carlo-Ponti-1973.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carlo Ponti](https://film.one/media/person/1241953/gallery-eb3e038cc4a0.jpg) Carlo Ponti — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1966: Best Picture (nominated), for *Doctor Zhivago*
- 1957: Best International Feature Film (won), for *La Strada*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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