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Vittorio De Sica
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Vittorio De Sica (July 7 1901 - November 13 1974) was an Italian neorealist director and actor.
Life
Born into poverty in Sora (Frosinone), near Rome, he began his career as a theatre actor in the early 1920s and joined Tatiana Pavlova's theatre company in 1923.
In
1933 he founded his own company with his wife
Giuditta Rissone and
Sergio Tofano. The company performed mostly light
comedies, but they also staged plays by
Beaumarchais, and worked with famous directors like
Luchino Visconti.
His meeting with Cesare Zavattini was a very important event: together they created some of the most celebrated films of the neorealistic age, like Sciuscià (Shoeshine) and Ladri di biciclette (The Bicycle Thieves), both of which de Sica directed.
One of his best-received films is
La Ciociara (Two Women) (1961), based on the novel by
Alberto Moravia:
Sophia Loren won the
Oscar for her performance, and critics widely regard the film a classic. De Sica died in
Paris on November 13, 1974.
Selected filmography
