Directing
Vittorio De Sica
Born Jul 7, 1901 · Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy · Died Nov 13, 1974
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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Directed
The Voyage
1974
Drama · Romance
A Brief Vacation
1973
Drama · Romance
We'll Call Him Andrea
1972
Comedy
Birth of the Republic
1971
War & Politics
The Couples
1970
Comedy
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970
Drama · History
Sunflower
1970
Drama · War
A Place for Lovers
1968
Drama · Romance
Woman Times Seven
1967
Comedy · Drama
The Witches
1967
Comedy · Drama
After the Fox
1966
Crime · Comedy
A Young World
1966
Drama
Marriage Italian Style
1964
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963
Comedy · Romance
The Boom
1963
Comedy
The Condemned of Altona
1962
Drama
Boccaccio '70
1962
Comedy · Romance
The Last Judgment
1961
Comedy
Two Women
1960
Drama · War
The Roof
1956
Drama
The Gold of Naples
1954
Drama · Comedy
Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953
Drama · Romance
Umberto D.
1952
Drama
Miracle in Milan
1951
Comedy · Fantasy · Drama
Bicycle Thieves
1948
Drama
Heart
1948
Drama
Shoeshine
1946
Drama
The Gates of Heaven
1945
Drama
The Children Are Watching Us
1943
Drama
A Garibaldian in the Convent
1942
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Teresa Venerdì
1941
Romance · Comedy
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
1940
Comedy · Romance
Red Roses
1940
Comedy
Written
The Sons of His Mistress
2007
Comedy · TV Movie
Christmas at Camp 119
1947
Drama · Comedy
Lost in the Dark
1947
Drama
Our Dreams
1943
Comedy
La guardia del corpo
1942
Comedy
Acting
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
2026
Documentary
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
Documentary
We Are Cinema
2021
Documentary · TV Movie
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2021
Documentary · TV Movie
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
Documentary · History · TV Movie
