Name Mario Gori Role Film producer | Children Vittorio Cecchi Gori Siblings Vittoria Cecchi Gori | |
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Full Name Mario Cecchi Gori Born 21 March 1920 ( 1920-03-21 ) Florence, Italy Parents Rita Rusic, Vittorio Cecchi Gori Movies Il Postino: The Postman, Il Sorpasso, Mediterraneo, I mostri, For Love and Gold Similar People Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Rita Rusic, Furio Scarpelli, Giuseppe Moccia, Franco Castellano |
Mario Cecchi Gori, ([ˈmaːrjo ˈtʃekki ˈɡɔːri]; 21 March 1920, in Brescia – 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 (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.
Selected filmography
References
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