Directing · b. 1901 · Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

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...

Directed
The Voyage 1974 A Brief Vacation 1973 We'll Call Him Andrea 1972 Sunflower 1970 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis 1970 The Couples 1970 A Place for Lovers 1968 The Witches 1967 Woman Times Seven 1967 After the Fox 1966 A Young World 1966 Marriage Italian Style 1964 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 1963 The Boom 1963 Boccaccio '70 1962 The Condemned of Altona 1962 The Last Judgment 1961 Two Women 1960 The Roof 1956 The Gold of Naples 1954 Indiscretion of an American Wife 1953 Umberto D. 1952 Miracle in Milan 1951 Bicycle Thieves 1948 Heart 1948 Shoeshine 1946 The Gate of Heaven 1945 The Children Are Watching Us 1943 A Garibaldian in the Convent 1942 Teresa Venerdì 1941 Maddalena, Zero for Conduct 1940 Red Roses 1940
Acting
The Garden That Doesn't Exist Self (archive footage) 2022 Belmondo: The Incorrigible 2022 Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita Self (archive footage) 2021 We Are Cinema Self (archive footage) 2021 Sophia Loren, a special destiny Self (archive footage) 2019 1960 Self (archive footage) 2010 Vittorio D. Self (archive footage) 2009 Working with De Sica Self (archive footage) 2007 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons Self (archive footage) 2005 How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (archive footage) 2004 Cesare Zavattini Self (archive footage) 2003 That's Life: Vittorio De Sica Self (archive footage) 2001 Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema Self 1985 My Name Is Anna Magnani Self (archive footage) 1980 Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (archive footage) 1975 Blood for Dracula Marquis Di Fiore 1974 The Assassination of Matteotti Mauro Del Giudice 1973 Storia de fratelli e de cortelli Maresciallo Cenciarelli 1973 The Small Miracle Father Damico 1973 Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene 1973 Snow Job Enrico Dolphi 1972 Hector the Mighty Giove 1972 Scandal Man Milord 1972 The Adventures of Pinocchio giudice 1972 Mafia Things Don Michele 1971 We Are All in Temporary Liberty Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella' 1971 Trastevere Enrico Formichi 1971 I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear Player in Venice casino 1971 Twelve Plus One Di Seta 1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium Shoemaker 1969
Other Credits
The Sons of His Mistress Author 2007 We All Loved Each Other So Much Presenter 1974 Io e Dio Producer 1970 Tokyo Olympiad Thanks 1965 Bread, Love and Andalucia Producer 1958 Fast and Sexy Supervising Technical Director 1958 Hello Elephant Producer 1952 Mamma mia, che impressione! Producer 1951 Christmas at Camp 119 Screenplay 1947 Lost in the Dark Screenplay 1947 Our Dreams Screenplay 1943 La guardia del corpo Writer 1942 If I Was Honest Screenplay 1942
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