Federico Fellini Federico Fellini Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for his distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness, he is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked, in polls such as "Cahiers du cinéma" and "Sight & Sound", as some of the greatest films of all time. "Sight & Sound" lists his 1963 film "8½" as the 10th-greatest film of all time. In a career spanning almost fifty years, Fellini won
Frederico Carlos Hoehne director of the institute. Here he remained until his death in 1959. His major work, "Flora Brasilica", was started in 1940 and continued after his death by Alcides Ribeiro Teixeira. He was the author of studies on epiphytes, cinchona, toxic and medicinal plants, aquatic plants and more than 50 articles on the local flora of São Paulo. The following are of few of his principal publications: The botanical journal "Hoehnea" is named in his honour, as are the genera "Hoehnephytum", "Hoehnea" and "Hoehneella". Frederico Carlos Hoehne Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1 February 1882, Juiz de Fora – 16 March 1959) was