Editing Federico Fellini (section)

===Neorealist apprenticeship (1944–1949)===
After the Allied liberation of Rome on 4 June 1944, Fellini and Enrico De Seta opened the Funny Face Shop where they survived the postwar recession drawing caricatures of American soldiers. He became involved with [[Italian Neorealism]] when [[Roberto Rossellini]], at work on ''Stories of Yesteryear'' (later ''[[Rome, Open City]]''), met Fellini in his shop, and proposed he contribute gags and dialogue for the script. Aware of Fellini's reputation as Aldo Fabrizi's "creative muse",{{sfn|Kezich|2006|p=78}} Rossellini also requested that he try to convince the actor to play the role of Father [[Giuseppe Morosini]], the parish priest executed by the [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] on 4 April 1944.

In 1947, Fellini and [[Sergio Amidei]] received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay of ''Rome, Open City''.

Working as both screenwriter and assistant director on Rossellini's ''[[Paisà]]'' (''Paisan'') in 1946, Fellini was entrusted to film the Sicilian scenes in [[Maiori]]. In February 1948, he was introduced to [[Marcello Mastroianni]], then a young theatre actor appearing in a play with Giulietta Masina.{{sfn|Kezich|2006|p=404}} Establishing a close working relationship with [[Alberto Lattuada]], Fellini co-wrote the director's ''[[Without Pity (1948 film)|Senza pietà]]'' (''Without Pity'') and ''[[Il mulino del Po]]'' (''The Mill on the Po''). Fellini also worked with Rossellini on the [[anthology film]] ''[[L'Amore (film)|L'Amore]]'' (1948), co-writing the screenplay and in one segment titled, "The Miracle", acting opposite [[Anna Magnani]]. To play the role of a vagabond rogue mistaken by Magnani for a saint, Fellini had to bleach his black hair blond.