Son of famed film
Dino De Laurentiis and actress
Silvana Mangano. Around 19-20, he started his career in the film business as an assistant to the producer in films such as
Three Days of the Condor (1975) and
Mandingo (1975). He moved on to executive producer of his father's produced epic
King Kong (1976), and then produced two movies on his own:
King of the Gypsies (1978) and
She Dances Alone (1981).
Sadly, he was killed in a tragic plane crash on July 15, 1981 at the age of 26.
The movie
Dune (1984), of which his father was the producer, was dedicated to him.