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Vittorio De Seta

Directing · 1923–2011 · Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Biography

Vittorio De Seta (15 October 1923 – 28 November 2011) was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter, considered one of the Italian cinema's great imaginative realists of the 1960s. De Seta made ten short documentaries between 1954 and 1959, before directing his first feature-length film, Banditi a Orgosolo (Bandits of Orgosolo). His early documentaries focus on the everyday life of many of Sicily's poorest workers, and are notable for their lack of voice-over narration, quiet mood, and striking color.

Known for

Filmography

2011Mark Donskoy, King and Jester
2010Vittorio De Seta: The Filmmaker Is an AthleteSelf
2009What Do You Know About MeSelf
2009The Lost WorldCinematography
2008Articolo 23 (Pentedattilo)Director
2008All Human Rights for AllDirector
2008Vittorio De Seta, la grammatica del documentarioHimself
2006Letters from SaharaWriter
2005Détour De SetaSelf
2004Lomax the SonghunterSelf
2003Dedicato ad Antonino UccelloDirector
1997Tornare a OrgosoloHimself
1995Vittorio De Seta: Lo sguardo in ascoltoSelf
1993In CalabriaDirector
1981La Sicilia rivisitataDirector
1980Hong Kong, città di profughiDirector
1979Quando la scuola cambiaDirector
1973Diary of a School TeacherDirector
1973Diary of a TeacherScreenplay
1969The UninvitedDirector
1967Cinéma et RéalitéSelf
1966Almost a ManDirector
1961Bandits of OrgosoloDirector
1960Gela 1959: Pozzi a mareDirector
1959The ForgottenProducer
1958Fishing BoatsDirector
1958Orgosolo’s ShepherdsDirector
1958A Day in BarbagiaDirector
1956The Sword and the CrossCo-Producer
1955Golden ParableDirector
1955Sea CountrymenWriter
1955The Age of SwordfishDirector
1955Easter in SicilyDirector
1955Sulfur MinesDirector
1955Islands of FireProducer
1955Magic VillageAssistant Director

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