Giuseppe De Santis
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing13
movieAttack and Retreat
1964
Director
movieThe Apartment
1960
Director
movieThe Year Long Road
1958
Director
movieMen and Wolves
1957
Director
movieDays of Love
1954
Director
movieA Husband for Anna
1953
Director
movieRome 11:00
1952
Director
movieUnder the Olive Tree
1950
Director
movieBitter Rice
1949
Director
movieTragic Hunt
1947
Director
movieDays of Glory
1945
Director
movieObsession
1943
Assistant Director
Writing18
movieNational Theatre Live: Obsession
2017
Original Film Writer
movieAttack and Retreat
1964
Screenplay, Story
movieThe Visitor
1963
Story
movieThe Apartment
1960
Writer
movieMen and Wolves
1957
Story, Screenplay
movieDays of Love
1954
Story, Screenplay
movieAngels of Darkness
1954
Screenplay
movieA Husband for Anna
1953
Story, Screenplay
movieRome 11:00
1952
Story, Screenplay
movieUnder the Olive Tree
1950
Story, Screenplay
movieBitter Rice
1949
Story, Screenplay
movieTragic Hunt
1947
Screenplay, Story
movieOutcry
1946
Screenplay
movieDesire
1946
Screenplay
movieObsession
1943
Screenplay, Dialogue
Acting10
movieUn'altra Italia era possibile - Il cinema di Giuseppe De Santis
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieCinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita
2021
Self (archive footage)
Giuseppe De Santis
2008
Himself - Host
movieNecro not(to b)e
2003
Sé stesso
movieLuchino Visconti
2002
Self (archive footage)
movieGod Will Forgive My Pistol
1969
Jerome/Charley Clanton / Charley Clanton
movieSergei Eisenstein
1958
Self (archive footage)
movieUnder the Olive Tree
1950
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)