Dino De Laurentiis: a life in pictures

Silvana Mangano in Bitter Rice, 1949, one of De Laurentiis's first films, and nominated for an Oscar for best story Photograph: John Springer Collection/Corbis

Anthony Quinn in La Strada, directed by Federico Fellini in 1954 – his first collaboration with De Laurentiis Photograph: Photo12/AFP

De Laurentiis with Oscars won by himself and his partner Carlo Ponti after La Strada won an Academy Award for best foreign language film in 1957 Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

De Laurentiis stands on the set of Tempest in 1958 Photograph: Gjon Mili/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image

De Laurentiis with his first wife, the actor Silvana Mangano, and their children at home in Italy, 1960 Photograph: Gjon Mili/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Robert Mitchum in Anzio, 1968, one of an increasing number of US projects for the producer Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd.

David Hemmings and Jane Fonda in Barbarella (1968) Photograph: PARAMOUNT/Allstar/Cinetext

Barbara Eda-Young and Al Pacino in Serpico, 1973, directed by Sidney Lumet, and one of De Laurentiis's first films made in America
Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Charles Bronson metes out revenge while maintaining an impasssive visage in a still from Death Wish, 1974, directed by Michael Winner Photograph: Paramount/Allstar/Cinetext

Ken Norton and Perry King in Mandingo, 1975, directed by Richard Fleischer Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Dino De Laurentiis in 1975 Photograph: Cine Text / Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd.

The 1976 remake of King Kong, directed by John Guillermin Photograph: The Kobal Collection/www.picture-desk.com

Sam J Jones and Brian Blessed in a still from Flash Gordon, 1980, directed by Mike Hodges Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Conan The Barbarian, 1982, directed By John Milius Photograph: Universal/Allstar/Cinetext

Isabella Rossellini in Blue Velvet, 1986, the second of De Laurentiis's collaborations with David Lynch Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive

William Petersen in Manhunter, 1986, the first of De Laurentiis's adaptations of Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter books
Photograph: The Kobal Collection

Anthony Hopkins stands with Dino De Laurentiis as he holds his Thalberg award during presentation ceremonies at the 73rd annual Academy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in 2001. The pair had worked on Hannibal earlier that year Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Dino De Laurentiis, right, holds the Golden Lion awarded for his career at the 60th Venice Film Festival in 2003. At his left is Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

Right to left: Dino De Laurentiis, his wife, Martha Schumacher, and his nephew Aurelio posing during the photocall of Hannibal Rising in Rome in 2007 Photograph: Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images

Dino De Laurentiis in Rome, 2007 Photograph: Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis