Vittorio De Sica Biography (1902?-1974)

Born July 7, 1902 (some sources say 1901), in Sora, Italy; died November 13,1974, in Paris, France; children: Manuel, Christian. Avocational interests: Art collecting, gambling. Career: Director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. Worked as a clerk before becoming an actor; joined stage company in 1923; became successful in Italian theatre by late 1920s; became successful in Italian films, especially in light comedies; became a director in 1940 and made mostly comedies; in 1942 film The Children Are Watching, revealed depth and sensitivity and began working relationship with writer Cesare Zavattini, collaborator on De Sica's first two Oscar-winning films. Awards, Honors: Honorary Academy Award, 1948, for Shoeshine; NationalBoard of Review Award, best director, 1949, Honorary Academy Award, most outstanding foreign language film, Golden Leopard Award, Locarno International Film Festival, best film, both 1950, and Bodil Award, best European film, BodilFestival, 1951, all for The Bicycle Thief; Grand Prize of the Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and New York Film Critics Circle Award, best foreignlanguage film, both 1951, for Miracle in Milan; New York Film CriticsCircle Award, best foreign language film, and Bodil Award, best European film, Bodil Festival, both 1955, for Umberto D; Academy Award nomination,best supporting actor, 1958, for A Farewell to Arms; Academy Award, best foreign language film, 1965, for Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; Academy Award, best foreign language film, 1972, for The Garden of the Finzi Continis..

Nationality: Italian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, screenwriter, producer, actor
Birth Details: July 7, 1902?; Sora, Italy
Death Details: November 13, 1974; Paris, France

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director
Red Roses (also known as Twenty-Four Red Roses and Rosescarlatte), Minerva Film, 1939
Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (also known as Maddalena, zero in condotta), Artisti Associati, 1940
Doctor Beware (also known as Teresa Venerdi), Aci-Europa Film, 1941
A Garibaldian in the Convent (also known as Un Garibaldion al convento), Cristallo Films, 1941
The Children Are Watching Us (also known as The Little Martyr and I bambini ci guardano), Scalera Films, 1942
Shoeshine (also known as Sciuscia), Societa Cooperativa Alfa Cinematografica, 1946
The Gate of Heaven (also known as La porta del cielo), Orbis1946
The Bicycle Thief (also known as Bicycle Thieves and Ladri di biciclette), Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche, 1948
Miracle in Milan (also known as Miracolo a Milano), Produzioni De Sica, 1951
Umberto D, Amato Film, 1952
Indiscretion (also known as Indiscretion of an American Wife, Station Terminus, Terminal Station, Terminal Station Indiscretion, Terminus Station, and Stazione Termini), Columbia, 1953
Every Day's a Holiday (also known as The Gold of Naples andL'oro di Napoli), Ponti-De Laurentiis, 1954
The Roof (also known as Il Tetto), Titanus, 1956
It Happened in the Park, 1956
Anna of Brooklyn (also known as Fast and Sexy and Anna di Brooklyn), Produzione Circeo, 1958
Two Women (also known as La ciociara), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1961
The Last Judgement (also known as Il guidizio universale),Dino de Laurentiis, 1961
"La Riffa," Boccaccio '70, Concordia Compagnia Cinematogrfica, 1962
The Condemned of Altona (also known as I sequestrati di Altona), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
Il Boom, Dino de Laurentiis, 1963
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (also known as Ieri, oggi, domani), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1963
Marriage, Italian-Style (also known as Matrimonio all'italiana), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1964
"Una sera come le altre," The Witches (also known as Le streghe), 1966
A New World (also known as A Young World, Un mondo nuovo and Un monde nouveau), Terra Films, 1966
After the Fox (also known as Caccia alla volpe), United Artists, 1966
Woman Times Seven (also known as Sept fois femme), EmbassyPictures, 1967
A Place for Lovers (also known as Amanti), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Sunflower (also known as I girasoli), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1970
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (also known as Il giardino deiFinzi- Contini), Facets Video, 1970
"Il Leone," The Couples (also known as Le Coppie), 1970
We'll Call Him Andrew (also known as Lo chiameremo Andrea),Verona Produzione, 1972
A Brief Vacation (also known as Una breve vacanza), Azor Film, 1973
The Voyage (also known as Il viaggio), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1974
Film Work
Producer, Except Where Indicated
The Bicycle Thief (also known as Bicycle Thieves and Ladri di biciclette), Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche, 1948
Miracle in Milan (also known as Miracolo a Milano), Produzioni De Sica, 1951
Hello, Elephant! (also known as Pardon My Trunk and Buongiorno, Elefante!), Rizzoli, 1952
Indiscretion (also known as Indiscretion of an American Wife, Station Terminus, Terminal Station, Terminal Station Indiscretion, Terminus Station, and Stazione Termini), Columbia, 1953
The Roof (also known as Il Tetto), Titanus, 1956
And supervisor, Pan, amor y Andalucia (also known as Pane, amore Andalusia), Trevi Cinematografica, 1958
Film Appearances
Il processo clemenceau, Caesar Film, 1917
La compagnia dei matti, 1928
La vecchia signora, Caesar Film, 1932
Bruno, Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!, Pittaluga, 1932
Due cuori felici, Pittaluga, 1932
La segretaria per tutti, Artisti Associati, 1933
Passa l'amore, 1933
Tempo massimo, Za-Bum, 1934
Il signore desidera?, Artisti Associati, 1934
Paprika, Pittaluga, 1934
Lisetta, Pittaluga, 1934
Paladino, il avvacato, La canzone del sole, Italfonosap, 1934
Professor Giovanni Agano, Amo te sola, Grandi Film, 1935
L'uomo che sorride, Amato Film, 1936
Non ti conosco piu, Amato Film, 1936
Ma non e una cosa seria, Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche, 1936
Lohengrin, Eia, 1936
Daro un milione, Novella Film, 1936
Gianni, Il signor Max, Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche,1937
Questi ragazzi, Minerva Film, 1937
Partire, Generalcine, 1938
Captain Ducc, The Cuckoo Clock (also known as L'orologio a cucu), Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938
Mario Esposito, Napoli d'altri tempi, Generalcine, 1938
La mazurka di papa, Ici, 1938
Hanno rapito un uomo, Juventus Film, 1938
Le due madri, Generalcine, 1938
Castelli in aria, Generalcine, 1938
Alberto Verani, Red Roses (also known as Twenty-Four Red Roses and Rose scarlette), Minerva Film, 1939
Pazza di gioia, Ici, 1939
I grandi magazzini, Generalcine, 1939
Finisce sempre cosi, Minerva Film, 1939
At Your Orders, Madame (also known as Ai vostri ordini signora), Ici, 1939
La peccatrice, Manenti Film, 1940
Manon Lescaut, Ici, 1940
Carlo Hartman, his father and his grandfather, Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (also known as Maddalena, zero in condotta), Artisti Associati, 1940
Dr. Pietro Vignali, Doctor Beware (also known as Teresa Venerdi), Aci- Europa Film, 1941
Nino Bixio, A Garibaldian in the Convent (also known as Un Garibaldion al convento), Cristallo Films, 1941
L'avventuriera del piano di sopra, Artisti Associati, 1941
Se io fossi onesto, Artisti Associati, 1942
La guardia del corpo, Titanus, 1942
I nostri sogni, Artisti Associati, 1943

Non sono superstizioso ma Europa Film, 1943
Dei minutti di vita, 1943
Lo sbaglio di essere vivo, Cineconsorzio, 1945
Pio Sandi, L'ippocampo, Iris Films, 1945
Count Gherani, Abbasso la miseria!, Lux, 1945
Il mondo vuole cosi, Titanus, 1946
Distinguished gentleman, Roma, citta libera, Pao Film, 1946
Abbasso la ricchezza! (also known as Down with Riches and Peddlin' in Society), Lux, 1946
Sperduti nel buio, Variety Film, 1947
Maestro Perboni, Cuore, Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche,1947
Christmas at Camp 119 (also known as Escape into Dreams andNatale al campo 119), Minerva Film, 1948
Professor Landi, Tomorrow Is Too Late (also known as Domani e troppo tardi), Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche, 1949
Adriano Lari, My Widow and I, Fauno Film, 1950
Cameriera bella presenza offresi 1951
Mr. Garetti, Hello, Elephant (also known as Pardon My Trunkand Buongiorno, elefante!), Rizzoli, 1952
Times Gone By (also known as Altri tempi), Cines, 1952
Villa Borghese, Astoria Films, 1953
Count Ferdinando, "Don Corradino," Our Time (also known as TheAnatomy of Love, A Slice of Life, and Tempi nostri), Lux, 1953
Alessio Spano, The Sign of Venus (also known as Il segno di Venere), 1953
The Marshall, Bread, Love and Dreams (also known as Pane, amoree fantasia), Titanus, 1953
Baron Fabrizio Donati, Diamond Earrings (also known as Madame de Earrings of Madame de and Gioielli de Madame de), 1953
Vergine moderna, Gaumont Distribution, 1954
Marshall Antonio Carotenutp, Frisky (also known as Bread, Love,and Jealousy and Pane, amore e gelosia), 1954
Il matrimonio, 1954
Gran varieta, Minerva Film, 1954
Cento anni d'amore, Cines, 1954
L'allegro squadrone, 1954
Roberto, "Le divorce," The Bed (also known as Il letto andSecrets d'alcove), Terra Film, 1954
Count Prospero B, Every Day's a Holiday (also known as The Goldof Naples and L'oro di Napoli), Ponti-De Laurentiis, 1954
The Last Five Minutes (also known as Gli ultimi cinque minuti), Excelsa Film, 1955
Avvocato Mazzoni Barella, Racconti romani, Cormoran Films, 1955
Mister Stroppiana, Too Bad She's Bad (also known as Peccato chesia una canaglia), Documento Films, 1955
Scandal in Sorrento (also known as Pane, amore e), Distributors Corporation of America, 1955
Don Teofilo, The Miller's Wife (also known as The Miller's Beautiful Wife and La bella mugnaia), Titanus, 1955
Aristide Rossi, Tempo di villeggiatura, Stella Film, 1956
Noi siamo le colonne, 1956
The Monte Carlo Story (also known as Montecarlo), 1956
Seneca, Nero's Big Weekend (also known as Nero's Mistress and Mio figlio Nerone), Titanus, 1956
I giorni piu belli, 1956
Danae, 1956
I colpevoli, 1956
Attorney Principe, The Bigamist (also known as Il Bigamo),Royal Film, 1956
Engineer Occhipinti, Holiday Island (also known as Vacanze a Ischia), Cineriz, 1957
It Happened in Rome (also known as Souvenir d'Italie), 1957
Vincenzo Corallo, A Tailor's Maid (also known as Padri e figli), Royal Film, 1957
Antonio Locoratolo, Il Medico e lo stregone, Royal Film, 1957
Major Alessandro Rinaldi, A Farewell to Arms, Twentieth-Century Fox, 1957
Amore e chiacchiere, Electra Compagnia Cinematografica, 1957
Alexandre Gordy, Casino de Paris, Bavaria Film, 1957
Il Conte Max, SC Entertainment, 1957
Marchese de Vitti, The Lady Doctor (also known as Toto, Vittorio, and the Doctor and Toto, Vittorio e la dottoressa), Jolly Film,1957
Alfredo, La prima notte, Cinedis, 1958
Prestidigitador, Policarpo, ufficiale di scrittura, Titanus, 1958
Pezzo, capopezzo, e capitano, Atlantis, 1958
Pan, amor y Anadalucia (also known as Pane, amore e Andalusia), Trevi Cinematografica, 1958
Captain Ernesto di Rossi, Always Victorious (also known as Kanonen- Serenade), Atlantis Films, 1958
Signor Gastaldi, Domenica e sempre domenica, Athena Cinematografica, 1958
La ballerina e il buon Dio, 1958
Don Luigi, Anna of Brooklyn (also known as Fast and Sexy and Anna di Brooklyn), Produzioni Circeo, 1958
Una Mujer para Marcelo (also known as Gli Zitelloni), Cineproduzione Emo Bistolfi, 1958
La ragazza di piazza San Pietro, Theseus Film, 1958
Winter Holidays (also known as Vacanze d'inverno), 1959
Colonel Belalcazar, Les trois etc. du colonel (also known as Letre eccetera del colonnello), Vertix Film, 1959
Marco's father, My Wife's Enemy (also known as Il nemico di miamoglie), 1959
Nel blu dipinto di blu, Cine Produzione Astoria, 1959
The Moralist (also known as Il Moralista), 1959
Il mondo dei miracoli, 1959
The mayor, The Traffic Policeman (also known as Il vigile),Cineriz, 1960
Hercules' Pills (also known as Le pillole di Ercole), 1960
Joe, The Millionairess, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
Mario Vitale, It Started in Naples, Paramount, 1960
Victorio Emanuele Bardone and Grimaldi, General della Rovere (alsoknown as Il generale della Rovere), Zebra Film, 1960
Gastone, 1960
Seccano, Ferdinando I, re di Napoli, Titanus, 1960
General Clave, The Angel Wore Red (also known as La sposa bella), Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
Pope Pius VII, The Battle of Austerlitz (also known as Austerlitz), 1960
Un amore a Roma, 1960
Vive Herni IV vive l'amour!, Hoche Productions, 1961
L'onorata societa, 1961
Genie, The Wonders of Aladdin (also known as Le meraviglie de Aladino), Lux, 1961
Bancroft, Lafayette, Cosmos, 1961
Gli incensurati, 1961
Vittorio Cotone, I due marescialli, Cineriz, 1961
Gli attendenti, 1961
Defense lawyer, The Last Judgement (also known as Il guidizio universale), Dino de Laurentiis, 1961
Commendator Trepossi, Io, Io, Io.e gli altri, 1965
The Count, The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (also known asMoll Flanders), Paramount, 1965
(Uncredited) Himself, After the Fox (also known as Caccia all volpe), United Artists, 1966
Giuseppe's father, Un Italiano in America, Euro International Film, 1967
Comte de Bievre, Caroline cherie, Mancori, 1967
Gli altri, gli altri e noi, 1967
Cesare Celli, The Biggest Bundle of Them All, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1968
Cardinal Rinaldi, The Shoes of the Fisherman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,1968
Shoemaker, If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, United Artists,1969
Di Seta, 12 + 1 (also known as The 13 Chairs and The Twelve Chairs), 1970
Milord, L'odeur des fauves, 1971
Jove, Ettore lo fusto, Empire Films, 1971
The lawyer, Cose di cosa nostra, 1971
Trastevere, 1971
Giudice, Le avventure di Pinocchio, San Paolo Films, 1972
Dolphi, Snow Job (also known as The Ski Raiders), Warner Bros., 1972
(Uncredited) The Assassination of Matteotti (also known as Il delitto Matteotti), 1973
Himself, We All Loved Each Other So Much (also known as C'eravamo tanto amati), La Deantir, 1974
Il Marchese di Fiore, Blood for Dracula (also known as Andy Warhol's Dracula, Andy Warhol's Young Dracula, Dracula, and Young Dracula), Triboro Entertainment, 1974
Television Director
From Referendum to the Constitution: June 2 (also known as Dalreferendum alla costituzione: Il 2 giugno; movie), Radiotelevisione Italiana [RAI], 1971
The Knights of Malta (also known as I cavalieri di Malta),Radiotelevisione Italiana [RAI], 1971
Television Appearances
Rico Poccari, The Four Just Men (also known as Four Just Men; series), 1959
Guest, Sophia (documentary), 1968
Father Domico, "The Small Miracle," Hallmark Hall of Fame (special), NBC, 1973
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Doctor Beware (also known as Teresa Venerdi), Aci-Europa Film, 1941
A Garibaldian in the Convent (also known as Un Garibaldion al convento), Cristallo Films, 1941
The Children Are Watching Us (also known as The Little Martyr and I bambini ci guardano), Scalera Films, 1942
L'ippocampo, Iris Films, 1945
The Gate of Heaven (also known as La porta del cielo), Orbis, 1946
Christmas at Camp 119 (also known as Escape into Dreams andNatale al campo 119), Minerva Film, 1948
The Bicycle Thief (also known as Bicycle Thieves and Ladri di biciclette), Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche, 1948
Miracle in Milan (also known as Miracolo a Milano), Produzioni De Sica, 1951
Mamma mia, che impressione!, 1951
Every Day's a Holiday (also known as The Gold of Naples andL'oro di Napoli), Ponti-De Laurentiis, 1954
Two Women (also known as La ciociara), Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, 1961
The Abadanis (also known as Abadani-ha), 1993
Teleplays
From Referendum to the Constitution: June 2 (also known as Dalreferendum alla costituzione: Il 2 giugno; movie), Radiotelevisione Italiana [RAI], 1971

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