Giuseppe De Santis
Birthday
1917/02/11
Day of death
1997/05/16 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Fondi, Lazio, Italy
Also know as
Джузеппе Де Сантис, Giuseppe De Sanctis, Gino de Sanctis, Joe de Santis, Giuseppe Desantis, Giuseppe de Santis
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...Read more
Acting
(1969) God Will Forgive My Pistol
as Jerome/Charley Clanton
(1969) God Will Forgive My Pistol
as Charley Clanton
(2023) Un'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) I'll Teach You to Dream
as ---
(2008) Giuseppe De Santis
as Himself - Host
(1999) Luchino Visconti
as Self
(2021) Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
as Self (archive footage)
(1958) Sergei Eisenstein
as Himself (archive footage)
(1950) Under the Olive Tree
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1955) Ricordami
as ---