Federico Fellini was born in Rimini, Italy, on January 20, 1920. He was the son of Urbano Fellini and Ida Barbiani. With a talent for writing and drawing, he decided to pursue a career as a caricaturist. At 18, he moved to Florence where he worked as a caricaturist and published his first drawing in the “Semanário 420”. The following year, he moved to Rome where he wrote and drew for the humor magazine “Marc Aurelio”.
Back at the magazine Marc Aurelio, he joined the editorial board, along with Ettore Scola, Cesare Zavattini, and Bernardino Zapponi,
the future screenwriter of Fellini, where he worked until 1942.
After writing small scripts and jokes for radio comedians, he entered cinema as an assistant to directors Roberto Rossellini, Pietro Germi, and Alberto Lattuada. His film debut was behind the camera in co-direction alongside Alberto Lattuada in the film “Mulheres e Luzes” (1950).
With “Abismo de Um Sonho” (1952), Fellini made his first direction. In the film, he addresses a recurring theme in his filmography: the opposition of reality and dream. The following year, he directed “Os Boas Vidas” (1953), which won an award at the Venice Film Festival. Fellini’s acclaim came with “A Estrada da Vida” (1954), which received the Oscar for Best Foreign Film and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
In 1958, Federico Fellini won his second Oscar for Best Foreign Film with “Noites de Cabíria” (1957). In 1960, he directed “A Doce Vida”, which talks about the decadence of the Italian bourgeoisie. In “Oito e Meio” (1963), Fellini created an autobiographical work about a filmmaker in crisis and received his third Oscar. The fourth Oscar came with “Amarcord” (1973). In the film 
he reconstructs his youth in Rimini during Mussolini’s political rise. In 1993, Fellini was awarded a Special Oscar for Lifetime Achievement by the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
Federico Fellini passed away in Rome, Italy, on October 31, 1993.
Filmography of Federico Fellini: Mulheres e Luzes (1950), Abismo de um Sonho (1952), Os Boas Vidas (1953), Amores na Cidade (1953), A Estrada da Vida (1954), A Trapaça (1955), Noites de Cabíria (1957), A Doce Vida (1960), Oito e Meio (1963), Julieta dos Espíritos (1965), Satyricon de Fellini (1969), Roma de Fellini (1972), Amarcord (1973), Casanova de Fellini (1976), Cidade das Mulheres (1980), Ginger & Fred (1986), A Voz da Lua (1990).
Source: www.ebiografias.com, by Dilva Frazão