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)