Vittorio De Sica

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Vittorio De Sica
De Sica in 1959
Born	(1901-07-07)7 July 1901 Sora, Lazio, Kingdom of Italy
Died	13 November 1974(1974-11-13) (aged 73) Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Occupations	Film director actor
Years active	1917–1974
Spouses	Giuditta Rissone ​ ​ (m. 1937; div. 1954)​ María Mercader ​ (m. 1968)​
Children	3, including Manuel De Sica Christian De Sica

Vittorio De Sica (/də ˈsiːkə/ də SEE-kə, Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo de ˈsiːka]; 7 July 1901 – 13 November 1974) was an Italian film director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.

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. 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.^[1] Bicycle Thieves was deemed the greatest film of all time by Sight & Sound magazine's poll of filmmakers and critics in 1958,^[2] and was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history.^[3]

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.^[4]