The Tempio Maletestiano is a 13th century Gothic church,originally built for the Franciscans, that was transformed on the outside in the 15th century and decorated inside with frescoes by Piero della Francesca and works by Giotto and many other artists. With wide sandy beaches, and plenty of hotels and restaurants, Rimini is one of the most popular seaside resorts in Europe, but it is also a historic town with many interesting things to see. The airport at Rimini has since been named the Federico Fellini airport in his honour. At the request of his wife, вЂњImprovviso dellвЂ™AngeloВ by Nino Rota, who had written the music for all of films, was played during his funeral. In 1985 he received an award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Biennale and he was also awarded an Oscar for lifetime achievement in 1993.ДЇellini died in Rome in October of the same year after suffering a stroke. It was FelliniвЂ™s second biggest commercial success after La Dolce Vita and won him his fourth Oscar. It is one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time.ДЄmarcordwas based on his own memories of growing up in Rimini and features a group of adolescents living in a provincial town in Italy in the 1930s. Watch the scene in La Dolce Vita in which Anita Ekberg bathes in the Trevi FountainДЇelliniвЂ™s film La Dolce Vita, starring Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni and set in Rome, broke all box office records in 1960 and won the Palme dвЂ™Or at the Cannes film festival. Based on a story by Fellini, the film is about a prostitute who searches in vain for true love. His highly autobiographical work often borders. Fellini is best known for classic pictures like La Strada (1954), La Dolce Vita (1960), 8 1/2 (1963), Fellini: Satyricon (1969) and Amarcord (1973).

He won his first Academy Award with Nights of Cabiria, starring his wife, Giulietta Masini, in 1953. Federico Fellini was one of Italys most famous film directors, widely considered one of the most influential directors of the 20th century. It received mixed reviews but in 1953 his film, I Vitelloni, pleased both the public and the critics. He began work on his first solo film, T he White Sheik, in 1951. His assignments for a magazine gave him the opportunity to meet people involved in show business and he eventually got work as a script writer for films and radio.ДЇellini worked as both a screenwriter and assistant director on Roberto Rossellini films as well as producing and directing for other filmmakers. He had a career lasting almost 50 years and his films were nominated for 12 Academy Awards and won four Oscars, each for Best Foreign Language Film, with La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, 8ВЅ and Amarcord.ДЇellini went to Rome to study Law at University but ended up working as a journalist instead. Federico Fellini, one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century, was born on this day in Rimini in 1920.

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