Vittorio De Sica
Directing
Born: 1901-07-07 in 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 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.
Known For
Cinépanorama
Self
We All Loved Each Other So Much
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Four Just Men
Ricco Poccari
The Earrings of Madame de...
Baron Fabrizio Donati
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Giudice
The Secretary for Everyone
The Man Who Smiles
Pio Fardella
I giorni più belli
Bread, Love and Dreams
Maresciallo Carotenuto
The Monte Carlo Story
Count Dino della Fiaba
Il mondo dei miracoli
Director Pietro Giordani
The Assassination of Matteotti
Mauro Del Giudice
Tomorrow Is Too Late
Professor Landi
The Clemenceau Affair
Pierre Clémenceau bambino
The Cuckoo Clock
Lafayette
Bancroft
The Guilty
Giorgio Vasari
A Farewell to Arms
Major Rinaldi
Austerlitz
le pape Pie VII
Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura
Il prestigiatore con il piccione (uncredited)
The Miller's Beautiful Wife
Don Teofilo - governatore
Red Roses
Alberto Verani
Hallmark Hall of Fame
100 Years of Love
Duke Giovanni del Bagno aka Signor Pallini (segment "Pendolin")
It Started in Naples
Mario Vitale
Blood for Dracula
Marquis Di Fiore
Gastone
The Prince
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
Alfredo Hartman
I Don't Know You Anymore
Il dottore Alberto Spinelli
Holiday Island
Engineer Occhipinti
Men and Noblemen
marchese Nicola Peccoli Macinelli di Afragola
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
Self (archive footage)
My Name Is Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage)
The Shoes of the Fisherman
Cardinal Rinaldi
It Happened in the Park
Arturo Cavazzuti (segment "Incidente a Villa Borghese")
Dear Caroline
Le comte de Bièvre
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Commendator Trepossi
The Gold of Naples
Il conte Prospero B. (segment "I giocatori")