Carlo Ponti

Highest Rated: 100% A Special Day (1977)

Lowest Rated: 17% The Black Orchid (1959)

Birthday: Dec 11, 1912

Birthplace: Magenta, Lombardy, Italy

Worked for Lux Films in Rome from 1945 to 1949, where he oversaw several features by directors including Mario Camerini and Alberto Lattuada. In 1950 Ponti began a successful partnership with Dino De Laurentiis, producing a number of noted films such as Federico Fellini's "La Strada" (1954). He then branched out on his own in the mid-1950s, scoring critical and popular success with international productions by directors such as Vittorio De Sica, Jean-Luc Godard and David Lean.