Robert de Niro
This assignment will focus on the life of Robert de Niro.
Robert de Niro he is American and was born 17.08.1943 in New York. He is an actor, director and producer. His father was Italian and Irish and his mother was of English, German, French and Dutch ancestry. De Niro’s parents divorced when he was three years old.
De Niro attended PS41 a public elementary school in Manhatan through the sixth grade and then went to the private Elisabeth Irvin High School. For the seventh and eight grades he began high school at the private Mcburney School but never graduated. The direction of his future had already determined by his stage debut at age ten playing the Cowardly Lion in his school’s production of Wizard of Oz. De Niro was also entranced by the movies and he dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen to pursue acting. De Niro studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory, as well as Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio.
De Niro first movie role , in collaboration with Brian de Palma was in 1963 at the age of 20 when he appeared opposite his friend Jill Clayburg in the Weeding Party. He gained popular attention with his role as dying MLB player in Bang The Brum Slowly (1973). That same year he began his collaboration with Martin Scorsese. When he played the crook Johny Boy alongside Harvey Keitel’s in Mean Streets (1973).
In 1974 De niro had a pivotal role in Francis Ford Copolla’s The Godfather part II, playing young Vito Corleone. His performance earned him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. De Niro and Marlon Brando who played older Vito Corleone in the first film are the only actors to have won Oscars portraying the same fictional character. Brando and De Niro came together onscreen for the only time in The Score (2001).
After working with Scorsese in Mean Streets he had a successful working relationship with the director in films as Taxi Driver (1976),
Robert de Niro he is American and was born 17.08.1943 in New York. He is an actor, director and producer. His father was Italian and Irish and his mother was of English, German, French and Dutch ancestry. De Niro’s parents divorced when he was three years old.
De Niro attended PS41 a public elementary school in Manhatan through the sixth grade and then went to the private Elisabeth Irvin High School. For the seventh and eight grades he began high school at the private Mcburney School but never graduated. The direction of his future had already determined by his stage debut at age ten playing the Cowardly Lion in his school’s production of Wizard of Oz. De Niro was also entranced by the movies and he dropped out of high school at the age of sixteen to pursue acting. De Niro studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory, as well as Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio.
De Niro first movie role , in collaboration with Brian de Palma was in 1963 at the age of 20 when he appeared opposite his friend Jill Clayburg in the Weeding Party. He gained popular attention with his role as dying MLB player in Bang The Brum Slowly (1973). That same year he began his collaboration with Martin Scorsese. When he played the crook Johny Boy alongside Harvey Keitel’s in Mean Streets (1973).
In 1974 De niro had a pivotal role in Francis Ford Copolla’s The Godfather part II, playing young Vito Corleone. His performance earned him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. De Niro and Marlon Brando who played older Vito Corleone in the first film are the only actors to have won Oscars portraying the same fictional character. Brando and De Niro came together onscreen for the only time in The Score (2001).
After working with Scorsese in Mean Streets he had a successful working relationship with the director in films as Taxi Driver (1976),
References: Baxter, John. De Niro: A Biography. HarperCollins.2002 www.pl.wikipedia.org www.filmweb.pl