---
name: "Martha De Laurentiis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martha-de-laurentiis"
fi1m_id: "martha-de-laurentiis"
imdb_id: "nm0776646"
tmdb_id: 19051
wikidata_id: "Q19018806"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 July 1954"
died: "4 December 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T02:40:36.814233+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Martha De Laurentiis

## Identity

Martha De Laurentiis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martha-de-laurentiis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martha-de-laurentiis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0776646
- **TMDB ID:** 19051
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19018806
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_De_Laurentiis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19018806, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19051

Producer. Born 10 July 1954 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 4 December 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 July 1954, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 4 December 2021
- **Active:** 2001–2018
- **Also known as:** Martha Schumacher
- **Frequently works with:** [Anthony Hopkins](https://film.one/person/anthony-hopkins.md), [Dino De Laurentiis](https://film.one/person/dino-de-laurentiis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 59 (2), 2010s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 62 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $565m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_De_Laurentiis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19018806, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776646/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19051

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Red Dragon*](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md) (64)
- **Disney+:** [*Hannibal*](https://film.one/film/hannibal.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Martha De Laurentiis (née Schumacher) was an American film and television producer. Credited as Martha Schumacher until 1995, she began working in production accounting and became a producer on Stephen King adaptations including *Firestarter* (1984). In 1980 she co-founded the Dino De Laurentiis Company with producer Dino De Laurentiis, whom she married in 1990; the couple collaborated on numerous films and oversaw the construction of film studios in North Carolina, Australia and Morocco.

De Laurentiis produced *Breakdown* (1997), *U-571* (2000), *Hannibal* (2001), *Red Dragon* (2002) and *Hannibal Rising* (2007). She served as executive producer on the NBC series *Hannibal* (2013–2015) and later films including *Arctic* (2018). She died on 4 December 2021.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Arctic* (2018), Fi1m 75, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/arctic.md)
- *Hannibal* (2013), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *Red Dragon* (2002), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *Hannibal* (2001), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hannibal.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Firestarter* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Arctic* (2018), Executive Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/arctic.md)
- *Hannibal* (2013), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *Virgin Territory* (2007), Producer
- *The Last Legion* (2007), Producer
- *Hannibal Rising* (2007), Producer
- *Red Dragon* (2002), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *Hannibal* (2001), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/hannibal.md)
- *U-571* (2000), Producer
- *Breakdown* (1997), Producer
- *Unforgettable* (1996), Producer
- *Slave of Dreams* (1995), Producer
- *Solomon & Sheba* (1995), Producer
- *Temptation* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Once Upon a Crime* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Desperate Hours* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Date with an Angel* (1987), Producer
- *The Bedroom Window* (1987), Producer
- *King Kong Lives* (1986), Producer
- *Maximum Overdrive* (1986), Producer
- *Raw Deal* (1986), Producer
- *Silver Bullet* (1985), Producer
- *Cat's Eye* (1985), Producer
- *Firestarter* (1984), Associate Producer

## Gallery

- ![Martha De Laurentiis](https://film.one/media/person/488893/gallery-35a68168b428.jpg) Martha De Laurentiis — Siebbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Martha_De_Laurentiis_Berlinale_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David Slade and Martha De Laurentiis speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Ca](https://film.one/media/person/488893/gallery-40fbbe80ef51.jpg) David Slade and Martha De Laurentiis speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Ca — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/David_Slade_%26_Martha_De_Laurentiis_%2814770279754%29.jpg/1280px-David_Slade_%26_Martha_De_Laurentiis_%2814770279754%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L to R: Dieter Kosslick, Kimberly Emerson, ? , John B. Emerson, Hawk Koch, and Martha De Laurentiis, Berlinale Reception 2014](https://film.one/media/person/488893/gallery-9de2d7fe355d.jpg) L to R: Dieter Kosslick, Kimberly Emerson, ? , John B. Emerson, Hawk Koch, and Martha De Laurentiis, Berlinale Reception 2014 — usbotschaftberlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Dieter_Kosslick%2C_Emersons%2C_and_Hawk_Koch%2C_2014.jpg/1280px-Dieter_Kosslick%2C_Emersons%2C_and_Hawk_Koch%2C_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![International jury (left to right): Claudia Llosa (Peru), Martha De Laurentiis (USA), Bong Joon-ho (South Korea), Matthew Weiner (USA), Audrey Tautou (France),  (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/488893/gallery-a82239f96b27.jpg) International jury (left to right): Claudia Llosa (Peru), Martha De Laurentiis (USA), Bong Joon-ho (South Korea), Matthew Weiner (USA), Audrey Tautou (France),  (2015) — Siebbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/International_Jury_Berlin_Film_Festival_2015.jpg/1280px-International_Jury_Berlin_Film_Festival_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Member of the jury, American producer Martha De Laurentiis Opening of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/488893/gallery-0df441a0ae3d.jpg) Member of the jury, American producer Martha De Laurentiis Opening of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast (2015) — Siebbi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Martha_De_Laurentiis.jpg/1280px-Martha_De_Laurentiis.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Martha DeLaurentiis and Bryan Fuller speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Ca](https://film.one/media/person/488893/gallery-cbb77591d984.jpg) Martha DeLaurentiis and Bryan Fuller speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Hannibal", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Ca — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Martha_De_Laurentiis_%26_Bryan_Fuller_%2814585976908%29.jpg/1280px-Martha_De_Laurentiis_%26_Bryan_Fuller_%2814585976908%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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