Vittorio De Sica
Born
7 July 1901 (124)
Place of Birth
Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
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...
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 (40)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022
We Are Cinema
2021
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
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
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974
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
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972
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
Mafia Things
1971
The Couples
1970
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
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