
Nino Rota
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Giovanni "Nino" Rota (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for two of Franco Zeffirelli's Shakespeare films, and for the first two films of Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy, receiving the Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Godfather Part II (1974).
During his long career Rota was an extraordinarily prolific composer, especially of music for the cinema. He wrote more than 150 scores for Italian and international productions from the 1930s until his death in 1979—an average of three scores each year over a 46-year period, and in his most productive period from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s he wrote as many as ten scores every year, and sometimes more, with a remarkable thirteen film scores to his credit in 1954. Alongside this great body of film work, he composed ten operas, five ballets and dozens of other orchestral, choral and chamber works, the best known being his string concerto. He also composed the music for many theatre productions by Visconti, Zeffirelli and Eduardo De Filippo as well as maintaining a long teaching career at the Liceo Musicale in Bari, Italy, where he was the director for almost 30 years.
Known For | Sound |
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Most Rating | 1.283 |
Birthday | 1911-12-03 |
Place of Birth | Milano, Lombardia, Italia |
Also Known As | Giovanni "Nino" Rota Rinaldi, Nino Rotta, Nino Roto, 二野呂太, |

1994

A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota
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The artistic evolution of the great composer, whose work left an indelible mark in the history of Italian cinema. In this documentary Nino Rota's extr...
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A Magic Friend: The Maestro Nino Rota

1993

Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert
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A look at the life and work of composer Nino Rota.
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Nino Rota: Between Cinema and Concert

2011

La visita meravigliosa: Viaggio in Italia sulle tracce di Nino Rota
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1969

Fellini: A Director’s Notebook
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Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During thi...
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Fellini: A Director’s Notebook

1974

The Secret Diary of 'Amarcord'
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A tongue-in-cheek documentary that goes "behind the scenes" during the production of Federico Fellini's film "Amarcord" (1973).
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The Secret Diary of 'Amarcord'

2002

The Magic of Fellini
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Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.
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The Magic of Fellini

1981

Murad Kazhlayev. Rhythms and Years
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About the life and work of People's Artist of the USSR, composer Murad Kazhlayev.
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