Giuseppe De Santis
Director
Biography
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.
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.
Filmography
Under the Olive Tree
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1950
Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage) 2021
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage) 2002
God Will Forgive My Pistol
as Jerome/Charley Clanton 1969
God Will Forgive My Pistol
as Charley Clanton 1969
Giuseppe De Santis
as Himself - Host 2008
Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
as Self (archive footage) 2023
I'll Teach You to Dream
1985
Sergei Eisenstein
as Self (archive footage) 1958
Ricordami
1955