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…

Filmography

• The Earrings of Madame de... as Baron Fabrizio Donati
• The Adventures of Pinocchio as giudice
• We All Loved Each Other So Much as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Twelve Plus One as Di Seta
• The Millionairess as Joe
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Shoemaker
• Blood for Dracula as Marquis Di Fiore
• Sophia Loren, a special destiny as Self (archive footage)
• How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio as (archive footage)
• The Traffic Policeman as Il sindaco

TV

• Hallmark Hall of Fame
• The Four Just Men as Ricco Poccari
• Cinépanorama as Self
• The Adventures of Pinocchio as Giudice
• Samedi soir as Self