Federico De Laurentiis

Federico De Laurentiis (February 28, 1955 – July 15, 1981) was an Italian film producer. The son of film producer Dino De Laurentiis, he was the executive producer of his father's produced film King Kong (1976) and he produced two films on his own: King of the Gypsies (1978) and She Dances Alone (1981). In 1981, De Laurentiis was killed in the mid-air collision of two light planes while he was shooting a documentary in Alaska.

Life and career
Federico De Laurentiis was born in Rome on February 28, 1955. He was the son of film producer Dino De Laurentiis and actress Silvana Mangano. He had three sisters: Veronica De Laurentiis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, and Francesca De Laurentiis.

De Laurentiis attended the American Overseas School of Rome. He was classmates with actress Blanche Baker. He dated Monica Saraceni, daughter of film producer Fausto Saraceni, in the early 1970s.

De Laurentiis began working with his father on film projects as a teenager. In 1973, it was reported that his father had relocated his headquarters to New York and he had joined him in the office as the vice president of television. He was an assistant to the producer in the films Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Mandingo (1975). He was then the executive producer of the film King Kong (1976). He was given full reign to produce the film King of the Gypsies (1978) and he later produced She Dances Alone (1981).

As a passenger aboard a Cessna 185, De Laurentiis was killed in a collision with another plane over Kvichak Bay in Naknek while making a documentary on Alaska's annual fish harvest on July 15, 1981. The pilots of both planes were killed as well.

The film Dune (1984), which his father produced, was dedicated to him.