Vittorio De Seta
Known for
Directing
Born
October 15, 1923
Birthplace
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died
November 28, 2011 (aged 88)
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.
Best known work
Bandits of Orgosolo
1961
The Age of Swordfish
1955
Islands of Fire
1955
A Day in Barbagia
1958
Sea Countrymen
1955
Easter in Sicily
1955
The Forgotten
1959
Fishing Boats
1958
Golden Parable
1955
Orgosolo’s Shepherds
1958Filmography
2011
2010
2009
What Do You Know About Meas Self
2009
The Lost WorldDirector, Cinematography
2008
Articolo 23 (Pentedattilo)Director
2008
All Human Rights for AllDirector, Writer
2008
2006
Letters from SaharaWriter, Director
2005
Détour De Setaas Self
2004
Lomax the Songhunteras Self
2003
Dedicato ad Antonino UccelloDirector, Writer
1997
Tornare a Orgosoloas Himself
1995
1993
In CalabriaDirector, Editor, Director of Photography
1981
1980
1979
Quando la scuola cambiaDirector
1973
1973
Diary of a TeacherScreenplay, Director
1969
The UninvitedDirector, Writer
1967
Cinéma et Réalitéas Self
1966
Almost a ManDirector, Story, Screenplay, Producer
1961
Bandits of OrgosoloDirector, Producer, Director of Photography, Story, Screenplay
1960
Gela 1959: Pozzi a mareDirector, Screenplay
1959
The ForgottenDirector, Producer, Director of Photography, Presenter, Editor