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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-10-15 (101 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

Acting

2011

2010

2009

2008

2005

2004

1997

1967

Directing

2009

The Lost World as Director

2006

1993

In Calabria as Director

1981

1979

1969

The Uninvited as Director

1966

Almost a Man as Director

1961

1960

1959

The Forgotten as Director

1958

Fishing Boats as Director
A Day in Barbagia as Director

1955

Golden Parable as Director
Easter in Sicily as Director
Islands of Fire as Director
Surfarara as Director
Sea Countrymen as Director
Magic Village as Assistant Director

Writing

2006

1969

The Uninvited as Writer

1966

Almost a Man as Story
Almost a Man as Screenplay

1961

1960

1958

1955

Islands of Fire as Writer
Sea Countrymen as Writer
Golden Parable as Writer
Magic Village as Screenplay

Production

1966

Almost a Man as Producer

1961

1959

The Forgotten as Producer

1958

A Day in Barbagia as Producer
Fishing Boats as Producer

1956

1955

Islands of Fire as Producer
Surfarara as Producer
Easter in Sicily as Producer

Camera

1961

Bandits of Orgosolo as Director of Photography

1959

The Forgotten as Director of Photography

1958

Orgosolo’s Shepherds as Director of Photography
A Day in Barbagia as Director of Photography
Fishing Boats as Director of Photography

1955

Golden Parable as Director of Photography
Islands of Fire as Director of Photography
Easter in Sicily as Director of Photography
The Age of Swordfish as Director of Photography
Sea Countrymen as Director of Photography

Editing

1959

The Forgotten as Editor

1955

Islands of Fire as Editor
Surfarara as Editor
Golden Parable as Editor
Sea Countrymen as Editor

Crew

2009

The Lost World as Cinematography

1959

The Forgotten as Presenter

Creator

1981