- BIRTH 07/07/1901
- DEATH 13/11/1974
- Country Italy
- SHOW 1
- MOVIES 44
- DIRECTOR 18
- SCRIPT 5
- PRODUCTION 5
Vittorio De Sica
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.
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Movies (44)
Io non vedo, tu non parli, lui non sente
Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
Come inguaiammo il cinema italiano - La vera storia di Franco e Ciccio
Director (18)
Ladri di biciclette
I girasoli
Le streghe
Matrimonio all'italiana
Ieri, oggi, domani
After the Fox
Una breve vacanza
Woman Times Seven
I bambini ci guardano
Stazione Termini
La ciociara
L'oro di Napoli
Un garibaldino al convento
Sciuscià
Umberto D.
Il giardino dei Finzi Contini
Boccaccio '70
Miracolo a Milano
Script (5)
Ladri di biciclette
Un garibaldino al convento
Miracolo a Milano
L'oro di Napoli
I bambini ci guardano
Production (5)
Ladri di biciclette
Umberto D.
Miracolo a Milano
Stazione Termini
Pane, amore e Andalusia
