Giuseppe De Santis
Known for DirectingBorn 1917-02-11 — died 1997-05-16Fondi, Lazio, Italy
Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform.
In 1942, De Santis collaborated on the script for Ossessione, Luchino Visconti's debut film, which is usually considered one of the first neo-realist films.
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His third film Bitter Rice (1950), the story of a young woman working in the rice fields who must choose between two socially disparate suitors, made a star of Silvana Mangano and was a landmark of the new cinematic style. It also earned De Santis an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story.
Known for
Luchino Visconti
2002 · as Self (archive footage)
Under the Olive Tree
1950 · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Giuseppe De Santis
2008 · as Himself - Host
Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
2023 · as Self (archive footage)
I'll Teach You to Dream
1985
God Will Forgive My Pistol
1969 · as Jerome/Charley Clanton
Sergei Eisenstein
1958 · as Self (archive footage)
Ricordami
1955
Necro not(to b)e
2003 · as Sé stesso