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Vittorio De Sica

Directing Born Jul 7, 1901 Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

We All Loved Each Other So Much

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Adventures of Pinocchio

as Giudice
Film

I Am Sam

as Ricco Poccari
Film

Blood for Dracula

as Marquis Di Fiore
Film

The Adventures of Pinocchio

as giudice

Monsuno

as Maresciallo Carotenuto

Newhart

as Di Seta

Full filmography

  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • Samedi soir (1971) as Self
  • We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) as Giudice
  • Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
  • The Four Just Men (1959) as Ricco Poccari
  • Quelli che il cinema (2025) as Self
  • General Della Rovere (1959) as Bardone AKA 'Grimaldi'
  • Lafayette (1962) as Bancroft
  • Blood for Dracula (1974) as Marquis Di Fiore
  • The Battle of Austerlitz (1960) as le pape Pie VII
  • Mister Max (1937) as Gianni / Max Varaldo
  • A Farewell to Arms (1957) as Major Rinaldi
  • Noi siamo le colonne (1956) as Alfredo Celimontani, il guitto squattrinato
  • Department Store (1939) as Bruno Zacchi
  • If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969) as Shoemaker
  • The Earrings of Madame de... (1953) as Baron Fabrizio Donati
  • The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) as giudice
  • It Started in Naples (1960) as Mario Vitale
  • The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) as Cardinal Rinaldi
  • Bread, Love and Dreams (1953) as Maresciallo Carotenuto
  • Twelve Plus One (1969) as Di Seta
  • After the Fox (1966) as Vittorio De Sica (uncredited)
  • Scandal in Sorrento (1955) as Maresciallo Carotenuto