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Vittorio De Sica

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1901-07-07

Deathday: 1974-11-13 (73 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 198

Movies 195

Director 28

self 20

Producer 4

TV Shows 3

Self

Vittorio De Sica

Biography

Filmography

all 198

Movies 195

Director 28

self 20

Producer 4

TV Shows 3

Sophia! (2022)

The Garden That Doesn't Exist (2022)

We Are Cinema (2021)

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021)

Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière (2019)

The Passion of Anna Magnani (2019)

1960 (2010)

Vittorio D. (2009)

Working with De Sica (2007)

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005)

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (2004)

Cesare Zavattini (2003)

That's Life: Vittorio De Sica (2001)

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema (1985)

My Name Is Anna Magnani (1980)

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975)

Blood for Dracula (1974)

The Voyage (1974)

Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene (1973)

The Assassination of Matteotti (1973)

A Brief Vacation (1973)

Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1973)

The Small Miracle (1973)

We'll Call Him Andrea (1972)

Scandal Man (1972)

Snow Job (1972)

Hector the Mighty (1972)

We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)

Trastevere (1971)

I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear (1971)

Samedi soir (1971)

Cose di Cosa Nostra (1971)

The Couples (1970)

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)

Io e Dio (1970)

Sunflower (1970)

Twelve Plus One (1969)

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)

A Place for Lovers (1968)

The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

Dear Caroline (1968)

The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)

An Italian in America (1967)

Woman Times Seven (1967)

The Witches (1967)

Cinéma et Réalité (1967)

Gli altri, gli altri e noi (1966)

After the Fox (1966)

Man of Three Worlds: Luchino Visconti (1966)

Un monde nouveau (1966)

Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)

Max Ophuls ou Le Plaisir de tourner (1965)

The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)

Tokyo Olympiad (1965)

Marriage Italian Style (1964)

Sophia Loren in Rome (1964)

Risate all'italiana (1964)

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)

The Boom (1963)

The Condemned of Altona (1962)

Eva (1962)

Lykke og krone (1962)

Boccaccio '70 (1962)

Lafayette (1962)

The Two Marshals (1961)

The Orderly (1961)

The Wonders of Aladdin (1961)

The Last Judgment (1961)

Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961)

L'onorata società (1961)

Two Women (1960)