Federico Fellini , ( ; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993 ) was an Italian film director and screenwriter . Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness , he is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time . His films have ranked , in polls such as '' Cahiers du cinéma '' and '' Sight & Sound '' , as some of the greatest films of all time . '' Sight & Sound '' lists his 1963 film '' 8 ½ '' as the 10th-greatest film of all time . In a career spanning almost fifty years , Fellini won the Palme d'Or for '' La Dolce Vita '' , was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won four in the category of Best Foreign Language Film , the most for any director in the history of the Academy . At the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles , he received an honorary award for Lifetime Achievement . Besides '' La Dolce Vita '' and '' 8 ½ '' , his other well-known films include '' La Strada '' , '' Nights of Cabiria '' , '' Juliet of the Spirits '' , '' Satyricon '' , '' Amarcord '' and '' Fellini 's Casanova ''
65th Annual Academy Awards
65th Academy Awards
Federico Fellini