Image: Wikimedia CommonsVittorio De Sica
Italian film director (1901-1974)
- Born July 7, 1901
- 18 movies
Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director and actor and a leading figure in the neorealist movement. Four of his films won Academy Awards: Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves (honorary), and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini for Best Foreign Language Film. He was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for playing Major Rinaldi in A Farewell to Arms (1957).
Vittorio De Sica appears in 18 films in The Rerun, from 1946 to 1970. That includes 14 titles as director. Most of that work is in drama, comedy and romance. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Sophia Loren (6), Paolo Stoppa (4), Memmo Carotenuto (4), Marcello Mastroianni (3), Tina Pica (3).
Known for
- Bicycle Thieves (1948), Director. Helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film award and topped a 1952 Sight & Sound poll.
- Shoeshine (1946), Director. Sciuscià was the first foreign film recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Umberto D. (1952), Director. A 1952 drama from his neorealist period.
- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Director. Won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), Director. Won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Vittorio De Sica been in?
- Vittorio De Sica appears in The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970), Sunflower (1970), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), The Witches (1967), After the Fox (1966), Marriage Italian-Style (1964), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Boccaccio ’70 (1962), Two Women (1960), A Farewell to Arms (1957), The Gold of Naples (1954) and Terminal Station (1953) on The Remote.
- When was Vittorio De Sica born?
- Vittorio De Sica was born on 7 July 1901.
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