Vittorio De Seta

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1923-10-15

Deathday 2011-11-28 (88 years old)

Place of Birth Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Vittorio De Seta

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

Director

2009
The Lost World

as Director

2008
2006
1993
In Calabria

as Director

1981
1979
1973
Diary of a Teacher

as Director

1969
The Uninvited

as Director

1966
Almost a Man

as Director

1961
1960
1959
The Forgotten

as Director

1958
Fishing Boats

as Director

1958
1958
A Day in Barbagia

as Director

1955
1955
Golden Parable

as Director

1955
Easter in Sicily

as Director

1955
Islands of Fire

as Director

1955
Surfarara

as Director

1955
Sea Countrymen

as Director

1955
Magic Village

as Assistant Director

Writer

2006
1973
Diary of a Teacher

as Screenplay

1969
The Uninvited

as Writer

1966
Almost a Man

as Story

1966
Almost a Man

as Screenplay

1961
1960
1959
The Forgotten

as Writer

1958
1955
Islands of Fire

as Writer

1955
Sea Countrymen

as Writer

1955
Golden Parable

as Writer

1955
1955
Magic Village

as Screenplay

Camera

1961
Bandits of Orgosolo

as Director of Photography

1959
The Forgotten

as Director of Photography

1958
Orgosolo’s Shepherds

as Director of Photography

1958
A Day in Barbagia

as Director of Photography

1958
Fishing Boats

as Director of Photography

1955
Golden Parable

as Director of Photography

1955
Islands of Fire

as Director of Photography

1955
Easter in Sicily

as Director of Photography

1955
The Age of Swordfish

as Director of Photography

1955
Sea Countrymen

as Director of Photography

Producer

1966
Almost a Man

as Producer

1961
1959
The Forgotten

as Producer

1958
A Day in Barbagia

as Producer

1958
Fishing Boats

as Producer

1956
1955
Islands of Fire

as Producer

1955

Creator

Editor

1955

Crew

2009
The Lost World

as Cinematography