Vittorio De Seta

Vittorio De Seta
De Seta in 2007
Born(1923-10-15)15 October 1923
Palermo, Italy
Died28 November 2011(2011-11-28) (aged 88)
Sellia Marina (Calabria), Italy
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Years active1954–2011

Vittorio De Seta (15 October 1923 – 28 November 2011) was an Italian filmmaker. Considered one of Italy's great imaginative realists of the 1960s, his films usually documented the country's everyday life.

He is most known for his Banditi a Orgosolo (1961), which incorporated the Italian neorealism with his previous documentary filmmaking background.

Early life

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

Career

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.

Filmography

Documentaries

Awards

Bibliography

Bibliography
Documentari

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Awards for Bandits of Orgosolo at the IMDb. Retrieved July 11, 2010