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Federico De Laurentiis
Born(1955-02-28)February 28, 1955
DiedJuly 15, 1981(1981-07-15) (aged 26)
OccupationFilm producer
Parent(s)Dino De Laurentiis (father)
Silvana Mangano (mother)
RelativesVeronica De Laurentiis (sister)
Raffaella De Laurentiis (sister)
Giada De Laurentiis (niece)

Federico De Laurentiis (February 28, 1955 – July 15, 1981) was an Italian film producer. The son of film producer Dino De Laurentiis, he was the executive producer of his father's produced film King Kong (1976) and he produced two films on his own: King of the Gypsies (1978) and She Dances Alone (1981). In 1981, De Laurentiis was killed in the mid-air collision of two light planes while he was shooting a documentary in Alaska.

Life and career

Federico De Laurentiis was born in Rome on February 28, 1955. He was the son of film producer Dino De Laurentiis and actress Silvana Mangano.[1] He had three sisters: Veronica De Laurentiis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, and Francesca De Laurentiis.

De Laurentii dated Monica Saraceni, daughter of film producer Fausto Saraceni, in the early 1970s.[2]

De Laurentiis began working with his father on film projects as a teenager. He was an assistant to the producer in the films Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Mandingo (1975). He was then the executive producer of the film King Kong (1976). He was given full reign to produce the film King of the Gypsies (1978) and he later produced She Dances Alone (1981).[3]

As a passenger aboard a Cessna 185, De Laurentiis was killed in a collision with another plane over Kvichak Bay in Naknek while making a documentary on Alaska's annual fish harvest on July 15, 1981.[1] The pilots of both planes were killed as well.[4] De Laurentiis is buried in Pawling Cemetery in Pawling, New York.[5]

The film Dune (1984), which his father produced, was dedicated to him.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b TIME (1981-07-27). "Milestones: Jul. 27, 1981". TIME. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ Murzi, Mila (October 3, 1972). "Colloquio Spregiudicato con Federico de Laurentiis: Mamma è Favolosa, Papà Meno". Oggi (in Italian). 28 (40): 56–57.
  3. ^ "Federico De Laurentiis On Own". Variety. February 22, 1978.
  4. ^ Ap (1981-07-18). "DeLaurentiis's Son Killed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. ^ "Federico De Laurentiis (1955-1981) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  6. ^ "DUNE (1984)". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.