Raffaella De Laurentiis (born 28 June 1952) is an Italian film producer. Films which she has produced include Conan the Barbarian, Conan the Destroyer, Dune, Prancer, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, all films in the Dragonheart series, The Forbidden Kingdom and Kull the Conqueror.
She is the daughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis and actress Silvana Mangano. She is the sister of Veronica De Laurentiis, who is the mother of Food Network chef Giada De Laurentiis. She appeared in eighteen episodes of Giada's show Giada at Home.
Career De Laurentiis began working on films by contributing to the props and set departments of her father's productions. However, her first major credit came in 1973 as an assistant costume designer on Luchino Visconti's Ludwig. She then worked as a production assistant on Hurricane (1979) before stepping into a producer role at Dino De Laurentiis Productions.
In 1987, she left her role as president of production at De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG). While at DEG, she read the script for Prancer and eventually produced the film as her first theatrical venture under her Raffaella Productions banner.
In 1989, she entered a long-term relationship with Universal Pictures wherein De Laurentiis would produce their projects for a two-year production agreement.
Three years after her father's death in 2010, De Laurentiis began pursuing a TV miniseries and theatrical biography about him.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 1981 Beyond the Reef Frank C. Clarke 1982 Conan the Barbarian John Milius 1984 Conan the Destroyer Richard Fleischer Dune David Lynch 1986 Tai-Pan Daryl Duke 1989 Prancer John Hancock 1991 Backdraft Ron Howard Timebomb Avi Nesher 1993 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Rob Cohen Also unit production manager 1994 Trading Mom Tia Brelis 1996 Dragonheart Rob Cohen Daylight Executive producer 1997 Kull the Conqueror John Nicolella Also production manager 1998 Black Dog Kevin Hooks 2000 Dragonheart: A New Beginning Doug Lefler Direct-to-video 2001 Prancer Returns Joshua Butler Direct-to-video 2004 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Kerry Conran Executive producer 2007 The Last Legion Doug Lefler 2008 The Forbidden Kingdom Rob Minkoff Executive producer 2015 Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse Colin Teague Direct-to-video 2017 Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire Patrik Syversen Direct-to-video What Happened to Monday Tommy Wirkola 2019 Backdraft 2 Gonzalo López-Gallego Direct-to-video 2020 Dragonheart: Vengeance Ivan Silvestrini Direct-to-video 2022 Prancer: A Christmas Tale Phil Hawkins Direct-to-video
Television Year Title Producer ExecutiveProducer Notes 1994 Vanishing Son TV movie Vanishing Son II TV movie Vanishing Son III TV movie Vanishing Son IV TV movie 1995 Vanishing Son 1997 The Guardian TV movie 2001 Uprising TV movie 2003 Stealing Christmas TV movie
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