Vittorio De Sica
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday7 July 1901
Died13 November 1974 (age 73)
Place of birthSora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
Known credits205
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…
Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
2026 · Self (Archive Footage)
Quelli che il cinema
2025 · Self
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022
The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022 · Self (archive footage)
We Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019 · Self (archive footage)
1960
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Vittorio D.
2009 · Self (archive footage)
The Sons of His Mistress
2007 · Author
Working with De Sica
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005 · Self (archive footage)
How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004 · (archive footage)
Cesare Zavattini
2003 · Self (archive footage)
That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985 · Self
My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980 · Self (archive footage)
Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975 · (archive footage)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974 · Presenter
Blood for Dracula
1974 · Marquis Di Fiore
The Voyage
1974 · Director
Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene
1973
The Assassination of Matteotti
1973 · Mauro Del Giudice
A Brief Vacation
1973 · Director
Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
1973 · Maresciallo Cenciarelli
The Small Miracle
1973 · Father Damico
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972 · giudice
We'll Call Him Andrea
1972 · Director
The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972 · Giudice
Scandal Man
1972 · Milord
Snow Job
1972 · Enrico Dolphi
Hector the Mighty
1972 · Giove
We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971 · Giuseppe Mancini 'Pulcinella'
Trastevere
1971 · Enrico Formichi
Birth of the Republic
1971 · Director
Birth of the Republic
1971 · Writer
I Don't See, You Don't Speak, He Doesn't Hear
1971 · Player in Venice casino
Mafia Things
1971 · Don Michele
Samedi soir
1971 · Self
The Couples
1970 · Director
The Couples
1970 · Writer
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970 · Director
Io e Dio
1970 · Producer
Sunflower
1970 · Director
Twelve Plus One
1969 · Di Seta
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Shoemaker
A Place for Lovers
1968 · Director
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