Known For
Directing
Born
Jul 07, 1901
Died
Nov 13, 1974
Place of Birth
Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
Credits
205 titles
Vittorio De Sica
Biography
Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards: Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves (honorary), while Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià (the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and Bicycle Thieves helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award. These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema. Bicycle Thieves was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history. De Sica was also nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing Major Rinaldi in American director Charles Vidor's 1957 adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, a movie that was panned by critics and proved a box office flop. De Sica's acting was considered the highlight of the film.
Known For
Filmography
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
Self (Archive Footage)
Quelli che il cinema
Self
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
1960
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio D.
Self (archive footage)
The Sons of His Mistress
Author
Working with De Sica
Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self (archive footage)
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
(archive footage)
Cesare Zavattini
Self (archive footage)
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
Self (archive footage)
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
Self
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage)
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
(archive footage)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood for Dracula
Marquis Di Fiore
The Voyage
Director
Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene
The Assassination of Matteotti
Mauro Del Giudice
A Brief Vacation
Director
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
Maresciallo Cenciarelli
The Small Miracle
Father Damico
The Adventures of Pinocchio
giudice
We'll Call Him Andrea
Director
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Giudice
Scandal Man
Milord
Snow Job
Enrico Dolphi
Hector the Mighty
Giove
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'
Trastevere
Enrico Formichi
Birth of the Republic
Director
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
Player in Venice casino
Mafia Things
Don Michele
Samedi soir
Self
The Couples
Director
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Director
Io e Dio
Producer
Sunflower
Director
Twelve Plus One
Di Seta
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Shoemaker
A Place for Lovers
Director
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Cardinal Rinaldi
Dear Caroline
Le comte de Bièvre
The Biggest Bundle of Them All
Cesare Celli
An Italian in America
Lando Marossi
Woman Times Seven
Director