Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1901-07-07
Day of Death
1974-11-13
Place of Birth
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 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 (170)
Vittorio De Sica – La Vie in Scene
2026
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
