Vittorio De Seta

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Vittorio De Seta

Directing October 15, 1923

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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 196…

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Bandits of Orgosolo

Bandits of Orgosolo

7.5 1961 Movie
The Age of Swordfish

The Age of Swordfish

6.8 1955 Movie
Islands of Fire

Islands of Fire

6.9 1955 Movie
A Day in Barbagia

A Day in Barbagia

6.8 1958 Movie
The Forgotten

The Forgotten

6.8 1959 Movie
Sea Countrymen

Sea Countrymen

6.1 1955 Movie
Easter in Sicily

Easter in Sicily

5.9 1955 Movie
Sulfur Mines

Sulfur Mines

6.1 1955 Movie
Fishing Boats

Fishing Boats

6.4 1958 Movie
Golden Parable

Golden Parable

6.4 1955 Movie
Almost a Man

Almost a Man

6.5 1966 Movie
Orgosolo’s Shepherds

Orgosolo’s Shepherds

6.4 1958 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2011
    Mark Donskoy, King and Jester

    Movie

  2. 2010
    Vittorio De Seta: The Filmmaker Is an Athlete

    Movie Self

  3. 2009
    What Do You Know About Me

    Movie Self

  4. 2009
    The Lost World

    Movie Cinematography

  5. 2008
    Articolo 23 (Pentedattilo)

    Movie Director

  6. 2008
    All Human Rights for All

    Movie Director

  7. 2008
    Vittorio De Seta, la grammatica del documentario

    Movie Himself

  8. 2006
    Letters from Sahara

    Movie Writer

  9. 2005
    Détour De Seta

    Movie Self

  10. 2004
    Lomax the Songhunter

    Movie Self

  11. 2003
    Dedicato ad Antonino Uccello

    Movie Director

  12. 1997
    Tornare a Orgosolo

    Movie Himself

  13. 1995
    Vittorio De Seta: Lo sguardo in ascolto

    Movie Self

  14. 1993
    In Calabria

    Movie Director

  15. 1981
    La Sicilia rivisitata

    TV show Director

  16. 1980
    Hong Kong, città di profughi

    TV show Director

More credits
  1. 1979
    Quando la scuola cambia

    Movie Director

  2. 1973
    Diary of a School Teacher

    TV show Writer

  3. 1973
    Diary of a Teacher

    Movie Screenplay

  4. 1969
    The Uninvited

    Movie Director

  5. 1967
    Cinéma et Réalité

    Movie Self

  6. 1966
    Almost a Man

    Movie Director

  7. 1961
    Bandits of Orgosolo

    Movie Director

  8. 1960
    Gela 1959: Pozzi a mare

    Movie Director

  9. 1959
    The Forgotten

    Movie Producer

  10. 1958
    A Day in Barbagia

    Movie Director

  11. 1958
    Fishing Boats

    Movie Director

  12. 1958
    Orgosolo’s Shepherds

    Movie Director

  13. 1956
    The Sword and the Cross

    Movie Co-Producer

  14. 1955
    Golden Parable

    Movie Director

  15. 1955
    Sea Countrymen

    Movie Writer

  16. 1955
    The Age of Swordfish

    Movie Director

  17. 1955
    Easter in Sicily

    Movie Director

  18. 1955
    Sulfur Mines

    Movie Director

  19. 1955
    Islands of Fire

    Movie Producer

  20. 1955
    Magic Village

    Movie Assistant Director