Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti

Sophia Loren was his wife twice (1957-1962; 1966-2007)

CARLO Ponti, the Italian film producer who has died aged 94, worked with Federico Fellini, Jean-Luc Godard and David Lean and was nominated for an Oscar as producer of Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965) - though he was better known as the husband and mentor of Sophia Loren.

Filmography

   * Piccolo mondo antico (1940)

* A Yank in Rome (1946)
* Hey Boy (1948)
* Campane a martello (1949)
* The White Line (1950)
* A Dog's Life (1950)
* Toto the Third Man (1951)
* Il padrone del vapore (1951)
* Europa '51 (1952)
* Easy Years (1953)
* Carosello napoletano (1954)
* La strada (1954)
* Mambo (1954)
* Un americano a Roma (1954)
* L'oro di Napoli (1954)
* Attila (1954)
* The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955)
* War and Peace (1956)
* Il ferroviere (1956)
* Guendalina (1957)
* The Black Orchid (1958)
* That Kind of Woman (1959)
* Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
* A Breath of Scandal (1960)
* Two Women (1960)
* Lola (1961)
* A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
* Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
* Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962)
* Boccaccio '70 (1962)
* Le Doulos (1962)
* L'isola di Arturo (1962)
* Redhead (1962)
* The Empty Canvas (1963)
* Landru (1963)
* Les Carabiniers (1963)
* Contempt (1963)
* Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
* Marriage Italian Style (1964)
* Break Up (1965)
* Operation Crossbow (1965)
* The 10th Victim (1965)
* Doctor Zhivago (1965)
* Closely Watched Trains (1965, uncredited)
* Blowup (1966)
* The Firemen's Ball (1967, uncredited)
* Smashing Time (1967, uncredited)
* Ghosts - Italian Style (1968)
* Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
* Zabriskie Point (1970)
* The Priest's Wife (1971)
* What? (1972)
* Dirty Weekend (1973)
* Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
* The Passenger (1974)
* Sex Pot (1975)
* L'infermiera (1975)
* Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (1976)
* The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
* A Special Day (1977)