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.
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.
Filmography
Documentaries
- Lu tempu di li pisci spata, 1954
- Isole di fuoco, 1954
- Surfarara, 1955
- Pasqua in Sicilia, 1955
- Contadini del mare, 1955
- Parabola d'oro, 1955
- Pescherecci, 1958
- Pastori di Orgosolo, 1958
- Un giorno in Barbagia, 1958
- I dimenticati, 1959
- In Calabria, 1993
- Dedicato ad Antonino Uccello, 2003
Awards
Bibliography
Bibliography
- Alessandro Rais (curated by). Il cinema di Vittorio De Seta. Catania, Giuseppe Maimone Editore, 1995. <small></small>
- Il mondo perduto: i cortometraggi di Vittorio De Seta. 1954-1959, book and DVD. Milan, Feltrinelli Editore, 2009. <small></small>
- Paolino Nappi. L'avventura del reale. Il cinema di Vittorio De Seta. Soveria Mannelli, Rubbettino, 2015.
- Antioco Floris,Banditi a Orgosolo, il film di Vittorio de Seta, Cinema Focus, Rubbettino editore, Soveria Mannelli (Catanzaro) 2019.
Documentari
See also
References
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