Federico Fellini was born on January 20, 1920 to a middle-class family in the harbor of Rimini in northern Italy, and as a child Fellini had a crush on circuses and clowns, he sneaked out for a few days. This childhood yearning eventually ran through Fellini's life's films, whether it was his early famed "The Road" or his most popular "Eight and a Half Films", the circus's staring music was always strong or weak.
Fellini became a screenwriter for radio plays and films in 1939. In 1945, Fellini assisted Rossellini in directing Rome, the Undefended City, which became the crowning work of neorealism as soon as it came out, and Fellini, who was trusted and valued by Rossellini, was rightfully regarded as the right-hand man of neorealism. Before 1950, Fellini appeared essentially as a screenwriter and assistant director. This career provided Fellini with sufficient hands-on training sessions for his involvement in directing, and his unique creative ideas are gradually taking shape.
Official poster for the movie "Selling Art Spring and Autumn"
In 1950, Fellini co-directed "Spring and Autumn of Selling Art", starring his wife Marcina. This debut film laid down several basic features of Fellini's films, one is the circus complex, which is about the jugglers who have a miserable fate in the Italian countryside and cities, and the circus on the set. The following year, "The White Chief" came out, and 1953's "Wandering Child" was Fellini's first film to attract international attention, and it eventually won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.