Mario Cecchi Gori

Mario Cecchi Gori

Born: March 21, 1920
Died: November 5, 1993
in Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Mario Cecchi Gori (21 March 1920, in Florence – 5 November 1993, in Rome) was an Italian film producer and owner of companies. He produced over 200 films, notably with Damiano Damiani, Dino Risi (The Easy Life, I Mostri) and Ettore Scola.

Gabriele Salvatores' film Mediterraneo won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.

With Lamerica, directed by Gianni Amelio, he received the Best Film Award at European Film Awards in 1994.

Il Postino: The Postman (1995, directed by Michael Radford) was the first Italian film to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Film.

From 1990 to his death, he was the president of Fiorentina.

His son Vittorio Cecchi Gori is also a film producer.

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Movies for Mario Cecchi Gori...

Sing Sing
Title: Sing Sing
Character: capo della Polizia
Released: October 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Eduardo accidentally discovers that he is adopted. His real father is dying, but before his death he said that his mother was the "Queen of England", failing to clarify that this is the nickname of Italian prostitute. But Eduardo is already rushing to the capital of England...
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Catch As Catch Can
Title: Catch As Catch Can
Character: Pubblicitario (uncredited)
Released: October 26, 1967
Type: Movie
Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!
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The Monsters
Title: The Monsters
Character: Driver of Fiat 2300 S Coupé (segment "L'Agguato") (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1963
Type: Movie
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.