Carlo Ponti

Carlo Ponti

Italian film producer
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Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. He was the husband of international film star Sophia Loren.

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Carlo Ponti was born on Wednesday, 11 December 1912 in Magenta, Lombardy, Italy. His full name at birth was Carlo Fortunaro Pietro Ponti. He was best known as a film/tv producer. Ponti's country of citizenship (nationality) was Italian. He died on Wednesday, 10 January 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 94. For university, he studied at University of Milan for Law. He had dark brown eyes and black hair (color). His zodiac star sign was Sagittarius.

You can find people similar to Carlo Ponti by visiting our lists People from Magenta, Lombardy and Italian emigrants to France.

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Carlo Fortunaro Pietro Ponti
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Sophia Loren`s Svengali
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Date of birth
11 December 1912
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Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
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10 January 2007
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94 (age at death)
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Pulmonary Complications
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Producer
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University of Milan for Law
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  • Produced Antonioni`s "Blow Up" and David Lean`s "Doctor Zhivago"
  • Founded the production company "Ponti-De Laurentiis" together with Dino De Laurentiis, which produced Totò a colori (1952), the first Italian movie in color.
  • Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959
  • After he had divorced from Giuliana Fiastri in Mexico, he married Sophia Loren in 1957. As the divorce was not legalized in Italy, he was accused of bigamy and his marriage to Loren was annulled in 1962. Thus, the couple and Ponti's first wife acquired French citizenship, so that he and Loren could marry again in 1966.
  • Father (by 2nd wife Sophia Loren) of Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti. Father (by 1st wife) of producer Alex Ponti and of lawyer Guendalina Ponti.

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