Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: In the early years , De Laurentiis produced neorealist films such as Bitter Rice ( 1946 ) and the Fellini classics La Strada ( 1954 ) and Nights of Cabiria ( 1956 ) , often in collaboration with producer Carlo Ponti .
Simplified: In the early years , De Laurentiis produced neorealist films such as Bitter Rice ( 1946 ) and the Fellini classics La Strada ( 1954 ) and Nights of Cabiria ( 1956 ) .