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Vittorio De Sica
De Sica in 1959
Born
(1901-07-07)7 July 1901
Sora, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy
Died
13 November 1974(1974-11-13) (aged 73)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupations
Film director
actor
Years active
1917–1974
Spouses
Giuditta Rissone
(m. 1937; div. 1954)
María Mercader
(m. 1968)
Children
3, including
Manuel De Sica
Christian De Sica
Vittorio De Sica (/dəˈsiːkə/də SEE-kə, Italian:[vitˈtɔːrjodeˈsiːka]; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, 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.[1]Bicycle Thieves was deemed the greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1958,[2] and was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history.[3]
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.[4]
^Ebert, Roger. "The Bicycle Thief / Bicycle Thieves (1949)". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
^Ebert, Roger (19 March 1999). "The Bicycle Thief / Bicycle Thieves (1949) review". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
^Ebert, Roger. "TCM's 15 most influential films of all time, and 10 from me". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
^"A Farewell To Arms - TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
VittorioDeSica (/də ˈsiːkə/ də SEE-kə, Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo de ˈsiːka]; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading...
A list of books and essays about VittorioDeSica: Cardullo, Bert (2002). VittorioDeSica: Director, Actor, Screenwriter. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1135-1...
director. De Sica was born in Rome, the second son of Italian director VittorioDeSica and Spanish actress María Mercader. His first cousin once removed was...
(Sciuscià) by VittorioDeSica (1946) Angelina (L'onorevole Angelina) by Luigi Zampa (1947) Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) by VittorioDeSica (1948)...
Miracolo a Milano) is a 1951 Italian fantasy comedy film directed by VittorioDeSica. The screenplay was co-written by Cesare Zavattini, based on his novel...
Manuel DeSica (24 February 1949 – 5 December 2014) was an Italian composer. Born in Rome, the son of VittorioDeSica and María Mercader, DeSica enrolled...
Italian voice actor Vittorio Sentimenti, Italian football player VittorioDe Seta, director and screenwriter VittorioDeSica (1901–1974), Italian director...
Bicycle Thief, is a 1948 Italian neorealist drama film directed by VittorioDeSica. It follows the story of a poor father searching in post-World War...
observers of the difficulties of today who hold the key to the future. VittorioDeSica's 1948 film Bicycle Thieves is also representative of the genre, with...
Sette volte donna) is a 1967 sex comedy anthology film directed by VittorioDeSica. It consists of seven segments, all starring Shirley MacLaine, most...
the directorial careers of Luchino Visconti, Roberto Rossellini, and VittorioDeSica. Neorealism declined in the late 1950s in favour of lighter films,...
translation "The Woman from Ciociaria") is a 1960 war drama film directed by VittorioDeSica from a screenplay he co-wrote with Cesare Zavattini, based on the 1957...
of the era, including Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, and VittorioDeSica, as well as many international directors such as Agnès Varda and David...
Joe Dallesandro, Maxime McKendry, Stefania Casini, Arno Juerging and VittoriodeSica. Upon its initial 1974 release in West Germany and the United States...
like Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Alberto Lattuada, and VittorioDeSica. Her career continued well into her 50s, with supporting roles in David...
Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis (Italian: [ˈdiːno de lauˈrɛnti.is]; 8 August 1919 – 10 November 2010) was an Italian film producer and businessman who held...
VittorioDeSica and starring Peter Sellers, Victor Mature and Britt Ekland. The English-language screenplay was written by Neil Simon and DeSica's longtime...
taken into account, then Fellini's record is tied by his countryman VittorioDeSica. The Soviet epic War and Peace (1966–67), for its part, is the longest...
Loren's performance as Cesira in the film Two Women (1960) directed by VittorioDeSica won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actor...
Italian cinema and cinema history. Other directors mentioned include VittoriodeSica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. It...
partially) in Naples includes: Shoeshine (1946), directed by Neapolitan, VittorioDeSica Hands over the City (1963), directed by Neapolitan, Francesco Rosi...
finished the film without McDowall's moral support. While filming for VittorioDeSica in Italy, Clift had a romance with Truman Capote. Author James Jones...
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