Vittorio De Sica

Born: 1901-7-7

Birthplace: Lazio, Italy

Height: 5' 9¼" (1.76 m)

Profession: Director, screenwriter, actor

Nationality: Italy

Representative Works: Ladri di biciclette, Umberto D., Miracle in Milan, Two Women

Vittorio De Sica (Vittorio De Sica) , born on July 7, 1901 in Region Lazio , Italy, is an Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

In 1940, he directed his first film "Red Rose", which officially opened his director career ^[1] . In 1946, he directed the feature film " Shoe Shine ", which won the 20th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ^[2] . In 1948, he directed the feature film " Ladri di biciclette ", which won the 22nd Oscars Award for Best Foreign Language Film ^[3] and The seventh Americafilm and Television Awards for Best Foreign Language Film ^[4] . In 1951, directed the feature film " Miracle in Milan ", which won the Palme d'Or at the 4th Cannes International Film Festival ^[5] . In 1952, directed the feature film " Umberto D. ", which was nominated for the Palme d’Or at The 5th Cannes Film Festival ^[6] . In 1954, directed the comedy " Oro di Napoli, L' ", which was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 8th Cannes International Film Festival^[7] .

In 1960, directed the feature film " Two Women ", which won the 19th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film ^[8] . In 1963, directed the comedy " Ieri oggi domani ", which won the 37th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film ^[9] . In 1964, directed the feature film " Matrimonio all'italiana ", which won the 22nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film ^[10] . In 1970, directed the feature film " Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini ", which won the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film ^[11] .

On November 13, 1974, Vittorio De Sica died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in Paris, France, at the age of 73 ^[12] .

Early Experience

Vittorio De Sica was born in a staff family in Region Lazio, Italy . When he was young, he worked in the acting industry , First became a singer and acted in stage plays, then he gradually turned to the screen and became a film actor, and then he determined to develop as a director .

Performing Experience

In 1940, he directed the feature film "Red Rose" co-starring René Saint Cyr, Vivi Gioyi and Ruby Dalma . This was the first film directed by Vittorio De Sica, which officially opened his Directing career; in the same year, directed the feature film "Madalena, Zero Points!" " .

In 1941, directed the feature film "Doctor Beware" co-starring Anna Magniani, Olga Victoria Gentile and Lena Marengo . In 1942, directed the feature film "Garibaldi in the Convent" co-starred by Maria Mercader, Carla del Poggio and Fausto Guerzoni .

In 1944, directed the feature film " The Children are Watching Us " co-starred by Luciano de Ambrosi, Issa Pola, and Adriano Rimoldi . In 1945, directed the feature film "Gate to Heaven" co-starring by Marina Bertie, Massimo Gilotti, and Carlo Nicci .

In 1946, directed the feature film " Shoe Shine " starring Franco Interlenghi , Rinaldo Smordoni , and Claudio Ermeli . The film won the 20th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film .

In 1948, she starred in the drama "Love of education" directed collaboration between Maria Mercader, Lamberto Picasso ; the same year, directed by Lamberto Marjorie Rani, Enzo Tolstoy Ola , LianellaCarell lead The starring feature film " Ladri di biciclette " , the film won the 22nd Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Award , The seventh Americafilm and Television Awards Best Foreign Language Film Award . After that, the film was voted No. 4 in the "Top 100 Non-English Films in Film History " by "Empire" (British Film Magazine), as one of the "100 Must-See Movies" list by the Toronto International Film Festival, and was selected by the "Art Films " list. "Listed as one of the "100 Great Film History" .

In 1951, directed the feature film " Miracle in Milan " co-starred by Emma Krimtick, Anna Cana, and Paolo Stoppa , which won the Palme d'Or at the 4th Cannes International Film Festival . In 1952, directed by Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Cascilio, and Lina Zhenneri co-starring " Umberto D. " , the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at The 5th Cannes Film Festival .

In 1953, directed the feature film "Diary of the Park" co-starred by Eduardo de Filippo, Anna-Maria Ferrero , and François Perrier ; in the same year, directed by Jennifer Jones , Montgomery Clift and GeorgeRichardBeymer co-starring The feature film " Stazione Termini " , which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 6th Cannes International Film Festival .

In 1954, directed the comedy " Oro di Napoli, L' " co-starred by Silvana Mangano, Agostino Salvietti, and Tecla Scarano . The film won the No. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the 8th Cannes International Film Festival .

In 1956, directed the feature film " IL Tetto " co-starring Gabriella Pallotti , George Listuzzi, and Gastone Renzel , which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 9th Cannes International Film Festival . In 1957, he co-starred with Jennifer Jones and Rock Hudson in the feature film " A Farewell to Arms " , for which he was nominated for the 30th Oscars Best Supporting Actor Award .

In 1958, directed the feature film "Brooklyn Anna" co-starring Gina Lollobrigida , Dale Robertson , and Amedeo Nazzari . The film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival .

In 1960, directed the feature film " Two Women " co-starred by Sofia Villani Scicolone, Jean-Paul Belmondo , and Ellen Nora Brown . The film won the 19th American Film and Television Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film , 14th Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes International Film Festival . In 1961, directed the feature film "The Last Judgment" co-starred by The Sir Laurence Olivier of Italy , Anouk Aimee and Lino Ventura .

In 1962, with FeFe , Mario Monicelli , and Lucino Visconti directed the short story collection " Boccaccio'70 ", which was co-starred by Anita Ekberg , Romy Schneider and Romulo Varley ; in the same year, it was directed by Maximilian The feature film " Sequestrati di Altona, I " co-starred by Schell and Fredric March .

In 1963, directed the comedy " Ieri oggi domani " co-starred by Sofia Villani Scicolone, Marcello Mastroianni , and Aldo Giufry . The film won the 37th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film , The twenty-firstAmericafilm and TelevisionAwards Samuel Godwin Award ; In the same year, directed the feature film "Prosperity" co-starring Alberto Soldi, Gianna Maria Canale , and Maria Grazia Buccella .

In 1964, directed the feature film " Matrimonio all'italiana" adapted from Eduardo de Filippo's novel "Ferumina Marturano " , by Sofia Villani Scicolone , Marcello Mastroianni , Aldo Pu Lixi co-starred , telling the story of the marriage between middle-class men and low-level women . The film won the 22nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and the 38th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Nominate .

In 1966, directed the crime drama " After The Fox " co-starring Peter Sellers , Victor Mature and Britt-Marie Eklund ; in the same year, directed by Christina Delaroche, Nino Castelnovo, Madeleine Yvonne Svoboda co-starred in the feature film "New World" .

In 1967, directed the feature film " Seven Love " co-starred by Shirley MacLaine , Peter Sellers and Patrick Wymark ; in the same year, co-directed the feature film "The Witch" with many directors such as Lukino Visconti and PP Pasolini . . In 1968, directed the feature film "Take advantage of the year" co-starring Dorothy Faye Dunaway , Marcello Mastroianni and Yvonne Gilbert .

In 1970, directed the feature film " Il Giardino dei Finzi-Contini " co-starring Reno Capolizio, Fabio Testi and Romulo Valli , which won the 44th Oscar like Award for best Foreign film , the 21th Berlin international film Festival Golden Bear ; the same year, directed by Sofia Villani Scicolone , Marcello Mastroianni , Lyudmila Mikhailovna Savelyeva cooperation starring drama " Sunflower " .

In 1973, directed the feature film "Long Holiday" co-starring Renato Salvatore, Jose Maria Prada, and Angela Caldile . In 1974, directed the feature film "Meet Hate Late" co-starring Richard Burton , Ian Bonner, and Daniele Vargas .

Personal Life

Love life

Vittorio De Sica’s wife, Maria Mercader, was an actress born in Catalonia, Spain. They lived together in 1941 until they got married in France in 1968 . In early June 1981, Mercader published a memoir about De Sica "My Life with De Sica" .

Death situation

On November 13, 1974, Vittorio De Sica died in Neuilly-sur-Seine in Paris, France, at the age of 73 .

Character Evaluation

Vittorio De Sica aimed its camera at the real living conditions of the people in China, abandoning the previous film whitewashing style of reality, no longer avoiding the new reality, or even calmly exposing it .

Vittorio De Sica’s works have a strong Italian neo-realism style, but his works are also full of social and human relations. The protagonist in his film has a sense of loneliness and helplessness in the face of external pressure . In the same way, in addition to the tendency of social progress, his creations also contain individualistic factors .

Vittorio De Sica always stood on an advanced social standpoint and criticized the Italian social structure at that time . When he uses movies to explore social tragedies, he brings the audience deeply into the lives of the characters, and shows the audiences with humor or irony, but always with a strong sense of reality. . In addition, his work style is extremely natural .

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