Vittorio De Sica
Film director
1901 – 1974
Who was Vittorio De Sica?
Vittorio De Sica 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 were awarded honorary Oscars, while Ieri, oggi, domani and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Indeed, the great critical success of Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Oscar. These two films generally 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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- Born
- Jul 7, 1901
Sora - Also known as
- De Sica
- V. De Sica
- Vittorio Domenico Stanislao Gaetano Sorano De Sica
- Vittorio de Sica
- Parents
- Spouses
- María Mercader
(1959 - 1974/11/13) - Giuditta Rissone
(1937/04/10 - 1954)
- María Mercader
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Italian people
- Nationality
- Italy
- France
- Kingdom of Italy
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 13, 1974
Neuilly-sur-Seine
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on July 23, 2013
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