8½

8½
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Federico Fellini
Produced by	Angelo Rizzoli
Screenplay by	Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli Brunello Rondi
Story by	Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano
Starring	Marcello Mastroianni Claudia Cardinale Anouk Aimée Sandra Milo
Music by	Nino Rota
Cinematography	Gianni Di Venanzo
Edited by	Leo Catozzo
Production company	Cineriz Francinex
Distributed by	Cineriz (Italy) Columbia Pictures (France) Embassy Pictures (US)
Release date	14 February 1963 (1963-02-14)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	Italy France
Language	Italian French English German
Box office	$3.5 million (rentals)

8½ (Italian title: Otto e mezzo [ˈɔtto e mˈmɛddzo]) is a 1963 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director. Shot in black-and-white by cinematographer Gianni di Venanzo, the film features a soundtrack by Nino Rota with costume and set designs by Piero Gherardi.

Its title refers to it being Fellini's eighth and a half film as a director. His previous directorial work consisted of six features, two short segments, and a collaboration with another director, Alberto Lattuada, the latter three treated as "half" films. The plot concerns a director (played by Marcello Mastroianni) who suffers from stifled creativity as he attempts to direct an epic science fiction film.

8½ won two Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design (black-and-white). Acknowledged as an avant-garde film and a highly influential classic, it was among the top 10 on BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time, ranked third in a 2002 poll of film directors conducted by the British Film Institute and is also listed on the Vatican's compilation of the 45 best films made before 1995, the 100th anniversary of cinema.