FILM DIRECTOR

Giuseppe De Santis

1917 - 1997

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Giuseppe De Santis (11 February 1917 – 16 May 1997) was an Italian film director. One of the most idealistic neorealist filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, he wrote and directed films punctuated by ardent cries for social reform. He was the brother of Italian cinematographer Pasqualino De Santis. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe De Santis has received more than 87,421 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Giuseppe De Santis is the 376th most popular film director (down from 313th in 2019), the 1,966th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,676th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Italian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 376 out of 2,041. Before him are Héctor Babenco, Leos Carax, Alexandre Astruc, Alain Tanner, Neil Jordan, and Veit Harlan. After him are Yann Arthus-Bertrand, J. Lee Thompson, Saul Bass, Alexander Korda, Roland Joffé, and Joe Dante.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 106. Before him are Irving Penn, Vasily Petrov, Erich Rudorffer, Luis Carniglia, John Connally, and Sameera Moussa. After him are Dondinho, Sharof Rashidov, Vera Lynn, Džemal Bijedić, László Szabó, and Petar Brzica. Among people deceased in 1997, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 88. Before him are Stig Anderson, Samuel Fuller, Virgilio Barco Vargas, Hastings Banda, François Furet, and Kunihiko Kodaira. After him are Michael Hutchence, Kang Song-san, Andrés Rodríguez, Jacinto Quincoces, Chiang Wei-kuo, and Martin Schwarzschild.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 1,966 out of 5,161. Before him are Michele Sanmicheli (1484), Democedes (-600), Marcel Bich (1914), Simone Boccanegra (1301), Aripert I (625), and Roberto Bettega (1950). After him are Louis, King of Sicily (1338), Salonia Matidia (68), Spinello Aretino (1350), Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596), Bruno Sammartino (1935), and Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha (1545).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Italy

Among film directors born in Italy, Giuseppe De Santis ranks 32. Before him are Marco Ferreri (1928), Ruggero Deodato (1939), Lucio Fulci (1927), Damiano Damiani (1922), Ermanno Olmi (1931), and Valerio Zurlini (1926). After him are Paolo Sorrentino (1970), Luigi Comencini (1916), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Umberto Lenzi (1931), and Mauro Bolognini (1922).

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Filmography

Ossessione
Director
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
Apr 8o 19447.494 / 10
Bitter Rice
Director
Francesca and Walter are two-bit criminals in Northern Italy, and, in an effort to avoid the police, Francesca joins a group of women rice workers. She meets the voluptuous peasant rice worker, Silvana, and the soon-to-be-discharged soldier, Marco. Walter follows her to the rice fields, and the four characters become involved in a complex plot involving robbery, love, and murder.
Sep 30o 19497.4 / 10
Rome 11:00
Director
The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic accident.
Feb 27o 19527.7 / 10