Vittorio De Seta

Not to be confused with Vittorio de Sica.

Vittorio De Seta
Born(1923-10-15)15 October 1923
Palermo, Italy
Died28 November 2011(2011-11-28) (aged 88)
Sellia Marina (Calabria), Italy
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1954–2011

Vittorio De Seta (15 October 1923 – 28 November 2011) was an Italian cinema director and screenwriter, considered one of Italian cinema's great imaginative realists of the 1960s.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in Palermo, Sicily, to a wealthy family, and studied architecture in Rome, before deciding to become a director.

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.

In 2005 the rediscovery of Vittorio De Seta's work was a highlight of Tribeca Film Festival and Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, where Détour De Seta, a documentary on the Italian director was presented.[1][3]

Filmography

Documentaries

  • Vinni lu tempu de li pisci spata, 11', 1954
  • Isole di fuoco, 11', 1954
  • Sulfarara, 10', 1955
  • Pasqua in Sicilia, 11', 1955
  • Contadini del mare, 10', 1955
  • Parabola d'oro, 10', 1955
  • Pescherecci, 11', 1958
  • Pastori di Orgosolo, 11', 1958
  • Un giorno in Barbagia, 14', 1958
  • I dimenticati, 20', 1959
  • In Calabria, 81', 1993
  • Dedicato ad Antonino Uccello, 30', 2003

Awards

Bibliography

Bibliography
  • Alessandro Rais (curated by). Il cinema di Vittorio De Seta. Catania, Giuseppe Maimone Editore, 1995. ISBN 88-7751-088-9
  • Il mondo perduto: i cortometraggi di Vittorio De Seta. 1954-1959, book and DVD. Milan, Feltrinelli Editore, 2009. ISBN 978-88-07-74034-3
  • Paolino Nappi. L'avventura del reale. Il cinema di Vittorio De Seta. Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2015. ISBN 978-88-498-4493-1
Documentary

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Détour De Seta Archived 19 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine at the Tribeca Film Festival. Retrieved July 12, 2010
  2. ^ "Morto il regista Vittorio De Seta" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ^ Full Frame Fest - Advisory Board - Martin Scorsese Archived 1 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 12, 2010
  4. ^ David di Donatello Awards Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 11, 2010
  5. ^ a b Awards for Bandits of Orgosolo at the IMDb. Retrieved July 11, 2010