Carlo Ponti

Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World War II, producing some of the country's most acclaimed and financially-successful films of the 1950s and 1960s.

Ponti worked with many of the most important directors of Italian cinema of the era, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Vittorio De Sica, as well as many international directors. He helped launch the career of his wife, international film star Sophia Loren. He won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film for La Strada (1954) and was nominated for Best Picture for producing Doctor Zhivago (1965). In 1996, he was ascended as a Knight Grand Cross to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

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Carlo Ponti is known for work in production across film and television. New Release currently presents 25 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Reflets de Cannes (1954), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Zabriskie Point (1970), Ugly, Dirty and Bad (1976), Blow-Up (1966), War and Peace (1956), Contempt (1963). The recorded credits span 1954 to 1977, including 24 movies and 1 TV show.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.