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• Roberto Rossellini, was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer.allmovie: Roberto Rossellini Biography

• Fast Facts

  1. Birth name: Roberto Rosselliniallmovie: Roberto Rossellini Biography
  2. Born: May 8, 1906allmovie: Roberto Rossellini Biography
  3. Birth place: Rome, Italyallmovie: Roberto Rossellini Biography
  4. Marriages: 3
  5. Children: 5
  6. Awards: Nominated for four and won threeYahoo! Movies: Roberto Rossellini Awards
  7. Made 16 moviesRotten Tomatoes: Roberto Rossellini Profile
  8. Worked with Vittorio Mussolini, son of Benito Mussoliniallmovie: Roberto Rossellini Biography
  9. Genre: Dramaallmovie: Roberto Rossellini Biography
  10. Died: June 4, 1977MSN Movies: Roberto Rossellini Biography
  11. Autobiography, My Method: Writings and Interviews, published posthumouslyallmovie: Roberto Rossellini Biography

• Early Years

  Rossellini was the oldest of four children. His father was a wealthy Italian architect.Senses of Cinema: Roberto Rossellini Biography

  He began making amateur films as a teenager, and directed his first professional film when he was 22 years old.MSN Movies: Roberto Rossellini Biography

• Rossellini and Bergman

  In 1945, Rossellini was asked to come to America by David O. Selznick, to direct a film starring Ingrid Bergman. Bergman herself wrote to Rossellini to encourage him to accept the assignment. He declined the film, but began a correspondence with Bergman. Rossellini and Bergman were married in 1950. From 1949 through 1953, Bergman worked with no other director but Rossellini.MSN Movies: Roberto Rossellini Biography

  In 1957, Rossellini's affair with screenwriter Somali Das Gupta resulted in her getting pregnant, which triggered his divorce from Bergman.moviefone.com: Roberto Rossellini Biography

• Notable Works

  • 1942: The White Ship
  • 1950: Stromboli
  • 1961: Vanina Vanini
  • 1974: Year One

• Roberto Rossellini Quote

  "One makes films in order to become a better human being."The New York Times: Roberto Rossellini Quote

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  Ingrid Bergman | Federico Fellini | Michelangelo Antonioni | Roberto Benigni | Isabella Rossellini

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