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| Born | February 11, 1917 Fondi, Latium Italy |
| Died | May 16, 1997 (aged 80) |
| Years active | 1940 - 1995 |
Giuseppe De Santis (February 11, 1917 - May 16, 1997) was an Italian film director. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Fondi is a city and comune in the Province of Latina ( Lazio, Italy) halfway between Rome and Naples. Latium was a region of ancient Italy, home to the original Latin people. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive
He was the brother of Italian cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis. Pasqualino De Santis ( 24 April, 1927 - 23 June 1996) was an Academy Award winning Italian Cinematographer.
Biography
De Santis was born in Fondi, Lazio. Fondi is a city and comune in the Province of Latina ( Lazio, Italy) halfway between Rome and Naples. For the football club see SS Lazio Lazio ( Latium in Latin) is a regione of central He was a member of the Italian Communist Party and fought with the anti-German Resistance in Rome during World War II.
He was first a student of philosophy and literature before entering Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Experimental film centre or Italian National film school was established in 1935 in Italy and While working as a journalist for Cinema magazine, De Santis became, under the influence of Cesare Zavattini, a major proponent of the early neorealist filmmakers who were trying to make films that mirrored the simple and tragic realities of proletarian life using location shooting and nonprofessional actors. Cesare Zavattini ( September 20, 1902 - October 13, 1989) was an Italian Screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents
In 1942, De Santis collaborated on the script for Ossessione, Luchino Visconti's debut film, which is considered the first Italian neo-realist film. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ossessione (Obsession is a 1943 film based on the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian
While still working for the magazine, he began to increasingly work as a screenwriter and assistant director until 1947 when he made his own directorial debut with Caccia Tragica (translated at Tragic Hunt). Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Caccia tragica or Tragic Hunt is a 1947 Italian Drama film directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Like the two films to follow, it was a sincere call for better living conditions for the Italian working class and agrarian workers. Issues of corruption, the black market, collaboration with the Germans, and treatment of ex-soldiers were also introduced in the film.
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. Bitter Rice ( Riso Amaro) is a 1949 Italian film made by Lux Film, written and directed by Giuseppe De Santis. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Silvana Mangano ( April 21, 1930 &ndash December 16, 1989) was an Italian actress It also earned De Santis an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Story. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film.
By the early 1950s, the neorealist movement was falling out of favour with critics and audiences alike. The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive New filmmakers began using dramatic stories that centered on relationships and de Santis also altered his focus. Unfortunately this had an adverse effect on the artistic quality of his films, and though he continued making movies through the early 1970s, they were never as powerful as those first few. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.
In 1952 he filmed Roma ore 11 (Rome 11 o'clock), the first version of the real tragic accident that Augusto Genina remade in 1953 as Three Forbidden Stories. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Augusto Genina ( January 28 1892 &ndash September 18 1957) was an Italian film pioneer Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In 1959 he won a Golden Globe with La strada lunga un anno; the movie, produced in Yugoslavia, had a nomination for the Oscar as Best Foreign Language Film. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Road a Year Long ( Italian: La strada lunga un anno / Serbo-Croatian: Cesta duga godinu dana) is a 1958 film directed See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars handed out annually by the U
De Santis died in 1997 at the age of 80, in Rome, following a heart attack, and a day of mourning was declared in Italy. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 A part of his archives have been donated to the Reynolds Library of Wake Forest University.
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