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Born July 7, 1901 · Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy
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.

The Voyage
1974

A Brief Vacation
1973

We'll Call Him Andrea
1972

The Couples
1970

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
1970

Sunflower
1970

A Place for Lovers
1968

Woman Times Seven
1967

The Witches
1967

After the Fox
1966

A Young World
1966

Marriage Italian Style
1964

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1963

The Boom
1963

The Condemned of Altona
1962

Boccaccio '70
1962

The Last Judgment
1961

Two Women
1960

The Roof
1956

The Gold of Naples
1954

Indiscretion of an American Wife
1953

Umberto D.
1952

Miracle in Milan
1951

Bicycle Thieves
1948

Heart
1948

Shoeshine
1946

The Gate of Heaven
1945

The Children Are Watching Us
1943

A Garibaldian in the Convent
1942

Teresa Venerdì
1941

Maddalena, Zero for Conduct
1940

Red Roses
1940

Belmondo: The Incorrigible
2022

The Garden That Doesn't Exist
2022

We Are Cinema
2021

Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021

Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019

1960
2010

Vittorio D.
2009

Working with De Sica
2007

Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005

How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio
2004

Cesare Zavattini
2003

That's Life: Vittorio De Sica
2001

Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985

My Name Is Anna Magnani
1980

Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca
1975

We All Loved Each Other So Much
1974

Blood for Dracula
1974

Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene
1973

The Assassination of Matteotti
1973

Storia de fratelli e de cortelli
1973

The Small Miracle
1973

The Adventures of Pinocchio
1972

Scandal Man
1972

Snow Job
1972

Hector the Mighty
1972

We Are All in Temporary Liberty
1971

Trastevere
1971