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    Vittorio De Sica

    Italian film director

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  2. Widely considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, 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.

    • Film director, actor
    • 1917–1974
  3. Vittorio De Sica. Director: Bicycle Thieves. Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923.

    • January 1, 1
    • Sora, Lazio, Italy
    • January 1, 1
    • Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
  4. Vittorio De Sica. Jump to. 26 wins & 14 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1958 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. A Farewell to Arms. Berlin International Film Festival. 1971 Winner Golden Berlin Bear. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis. 1971 Winner Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis.

    • July 7, 1901
    • November 13, 1974
  5. 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.

  6. Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director and actor who first found fame as a matinee idol and who later was a major figure in the Italian Neorealist movement. He directed four masterpieces of the genre, including The Bicycle Thief (1948), which earned an Academy Award for best foreign film.

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  7. Nov 30, 2023 · Vittorio de Sica’s collaboration with Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni gave Italy its third international feature Academy Award. By Hilton Dresden. November 30, 2023 2:30pm. Sophia Loren...

  8. Bicycle Thieves. Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award–winning Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema.

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