What is Dino De Laurentiis?
{{Infobox person | name = Dino De Laurentiis | birth_name = Agostino De Laurentiis | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|8|8|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Torre Annunziata]], [[Campania]], [[Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2010|11|10|1919|8|8|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]] | spouse = Silvana Mangano<br>(m. 1949–1989, her death)<br>Martha Schumacher<br>(m. 1990–2010, his death) | image = Dino de laurentiis crop.jpg }} '''Agostino De Laurentiis''', usually credited as '''Dino De Laurentiis''' (8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010), was an [[Italians|Italian]] [[Academy Award]]-winning [[movie producer]]. == Early life == He was born at [[Torre Annunziata]] in the [[province of Naples]]. He grew up selling [[spaghetti]] produced by his father. He studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in [[Rome]]. His studies were interrupted by the [[World War II|Second World War]]. == Career == His first movie was ''L'ultimo Combattimento'' in 1940. He has produced nearly 150 movies. In 1946 his company, the Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica, moved into movie production. In the early years, De Laurentiis produced neorealist films such as ''[[Bitter Rice]]'' (1946) and the [[Federico Fellini|Fellini]] classics ''[[La Strada (1954 movie)|La Strada]]'' (1954) and ''[[Nights of Cabiria]]'' (1956). Neorealist is a style about the poor and working class. In the 1960s, De Laurentiis built his own studio facilities. During this period, De Laurentiis produced such films as ''[[Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die]]'', ''[[Navajo Joe]]'' (1966), and ''[[Barbarella (movie)|Barbarella]]'' (1968). In the 1970s, De Laurentiis moved to the US. He created his own studio, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), based in [[Wilmington, North Carolina]]. During this period De Laurentiis made a number of successful and acclaimed movies, including ''[[Serpico]]'' (1973), ''[[Death Wish (movie)|Death Wish]]'' (1974), ''[[Mandingo (movie)|Mandingo]]'' (1975), ''[[Three Days